{"product_id":"the-current-between-paperback","title":"The Current Between - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValerie Mills-Milde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a bright November day in 1913, a young deckman named Harry Darling joins \u003cem\u003eThe James Carruthers\u003c\/em\u003e, a large cargo carrier leaving Port William and bound for Midland on her last cargo run of the season. Harry's estranged father, Connor Darling, is onshore, unaware of Harry's whereabouts and consumed with staving off the end of his failing mink farm. When a cyclonic weather event descends over the entire region, Harry and Connor reconsider perceptions of past transgressions, and with the help of a telegraph operator named Flo, each navigates the shoals of loss and betrayal, and searches for an idea of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from the perspectives of Harry, Connor, and Flo, \u003cem\u003eThe Current Between\u003c\/em\u003e is a terrifying fictional account of those caught in the Great Storm of 1913, the most devastating marine disaster in the history of the Great Lakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mills-Milde brilliantly recreates the early twentieth century in Southern Ontario. The novel's portrayal of the final hours on board a doomed lake freighter is truly one of the most vivid and terrifying accounts of the greatest disaster to befall the inland lakes ever written.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Yates, historian and author of \u003cem\u003eOut of the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Time of our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers will find themselves pulled under by narrative currents that connect characters and waterways in an ongoing and often stormy cycle of renewal and regeneration. In this strangely charged place, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere land and water meet, we witness both the fragility of human endeavor and the strength\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand power of relationships-between and among humans, animals, and the places they call\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehome.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Cull, former Poet Laureate of London, Ontario, and author of \u003cem\u003eBad Animals\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKill Your\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStarlings\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is historical fiction at its best-alive to the complexities of people and events, and compulsively\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereadable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAaron Schneider author of \u003cem\u003eWhat We Think We Know\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGrass-Fed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776764707104,"sku":"9781990496097","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5889188573da1060d62b517bd74e3de8.webp?v=1780485373","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-current-between-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}