{"product_id":"astray-paperback","title":"Astray - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRoom \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a moving set of historical stories spanning centuries and continents.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's stories have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters, lovers old and new. They are gold miners and counterfeiters, attorneys and slaves. They cross other borders too: those of race, law, sex, and sanity. They travel for love or money, incognito or under duress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With rich historical detail, the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e takes us from puritan Massachusetts to revolutionary New Jersey, antebellum Louisiana to the Toronto highway, lighting up four centuries of wanderings that have profound echoes in the present. \u003ci\u003eAstray\u003c\/i\u003e offers us a surprising and moving history for restless times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Dublin in 1969, \u003cb\u003eEmma Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e is an Irish emigrant twice over: she spent eight years in Cambridge doing a PhD in eighteenth-century literature before moving to London, Ontario, where she lives with her partner and their two children. She also migrates between genres, writing literary history, biography, stage and radio plays as well as fairy tales and short stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She is best known for her novels, which range from the historical (\u003ci\u003eFrog Music, Slammerkin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife Mask\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLanding\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sealed Letter\u003c\/i\u003e) to the contemporary (\u003ci\u003eAkin, Stir-Fry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLanding\u003c\/i\u003e). Her international bestseller \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2010 and was a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762345509152,"sku":"9780316224178","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/afba3cbfc9841bd319504406155cae99.webp?v=1780219927","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/astray-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}