{"product_id":"cambium-blue-paperback-1","title":"Cambium Blue - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaureen Brownlee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in the British Columbia Interior, the novel \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCambium Blue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is an homage to resource towns, independent women and local newspapers.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1994, at the outset of the bark beetle epidemic that will decimate millions of acres of pine forest in western North America, a fiercely independent lumber town faces a bleak future when its only sawmill is shuttered. Encouraged by a provincial government intent on transitioning the region from timber to tourism, the town council embraces a resort developer as their last, best hope. A failure to anticipate the human cost of that choice ignites a struggle for the very soul of the community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCambium Blue\u003c\/em\u003e's narrative alternates between three viewpoints. Stevie Jeffers is a timid, 24-year-old single mom who stakes her future on the town after a traumatic break-up. Nash Malone is a reclusive Spanish Civil War veteran who supplements his pension with salvage from the local dump--an occupation that puts him on a collision course with the town's plan to beautify itself. At 54 years old, cash-strapped and short-staffed Maggie Evans is treading water while waiting to sell her dead husband's newspaper, the barely solvent \u003cem\u003eChronicle\u003c\/em\u003e. As the characters' lives intertwine and the conflict heats up, they will each be challenged to traverse the ambiguous divide between substance and hype, past and future, hope and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRich with unforgettable characters and set in the Interior hinterland of British Columbia, \u003cem\u003eCambium Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful and compassionate illumination of the human politics of a small town, and the intersection of individual lives with political agendas and environmental catastrophes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47250493341945,"sku":"9781550179309","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/M3BmdytZSU5pNXpuYVJhdkRvbElVdz09_630b82ae-bb0e-496e-ae7b-c0a9925eb888.webp?v=1768660388","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/cambium-blue-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}