{"product_id":"etta-and-otto-and-russell-and-james-paperback","title":"Etta and Otto and Russell and James - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma Hooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"poetic, poignant\" (\u003ci\u003eUS Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) debut features last great adventures, unlikely heroes, and a \"sweet, disarming story of lasting love\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEighty-three-year-old Etta has never seen the ocean. So early one morning she takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best boots and begins walking the 3,232 kilometers from rural Saskatchewan, Canada eastward to the sea. As Etta walks further toward the crashing waves, the lines among memory, illusion, and reality blur. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOtto wakes to a note left on the kitchen table. \"I will try to remember to come back,\" Etta writes to her husband. Otto has seen the ocean, having crossed the Atlantic years ago to fight in a far-away war. He understands. But with Etta gone, the memories come crowding in and Otto struggles to keep them at bay. Meanwhile, their neighbor Russell has spent his whole life trying to keep up with Otto and loving Etta from afar. Russell insists on finding Etta, wherever she's gone. Leaving his own farm will be the first act of defiance in his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from the hot and dry present of a quiet Canadian farm to a dusty, burnt past of hunger, war, and passion, from trying to remember to trying to forget, \u003ci\u003eEtta and Otto and Russell and James\u003c\/i\u003e is an astounding literary debut \"of deep longing, for reinvention and self-discovery, as well as for the past and for love and for the boundless unknown\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e). \"In this haunting debut, set in a starkly beautiful landscape, Hooper delineates the stories of Etta and the men she loved (Otto and Russell) as they intertwine through youth and wartime and into old age. It's a lovely book you'll want to linger over\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760691478816,"sku":"9781476755687","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fb42ed79c8d28415c47149af91266cec.webp?v=1780187048","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/etta-and-otto-and-russell-and-james-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}