{"product_id":"sarah-canary-paperback","title":"Sarah Canary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Joy Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo unlikely people form an unexpected bond in bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler's captivating historical novel--a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When black cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a Chinese labor camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by his uncle to escort \"the ugliest woman he could imagine\" away. Far away. But Chin soon becomes the follower. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first of many such instances, they are separated, both resurfacing some days later at an insane asylum. Chin has run afoul of the law and Sarah has been committed for observation. Their escape from the asylum in the company of another inmate sets into motion a series of adventures and misadventures that are at once hilarious, deeply moving, and downright terrifying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerfully imagined...Drop everything and follow Sarah Canary....Humor and horror, history and myth dance cheek to cheek in this Jack London meets L. Frank Baum world....Here is a work that manages to be at the same time (and often in the same sentence) dark and deep and fun.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Joy Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e, a PEN\/Faulkner and California Book Award winner, is the author of six novels (two of them \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers) and four short story collections. She has been a Dublin IMPAC nominee, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2014. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.04 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752984052000,"sku":"9780452286474","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d657288a4033787996cdb6a95ff0ac46.webp?v=1780009309","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sarah-canary-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}