{"product_id":"tears-in-the-grass-paperback","title":"Tears in the Grass - 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\u003eLynda A. Archer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction -- Shortlisted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Elinor Greystone, the only way forward is back into the past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt ninety years of age, Elinor, a Saskatchewan Cree artist, inveterate roll-your-own smoker, and talker to rivers and stuffed bison, sets out to find something that was stolen almost a lifetime ago. With what little time she has left, she is determined to find the child taken from her after she, only a child herself, was raped at a residential school.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1968, and a harsh winter and harsher attitudes await Elinor, her daughter, and her granddaughter as they set out on an odyssey to right past wrongs, enduring a present that tests their spirit and chips away at their aboriginal heritage. Confronting a history of trauma, racism, love, and cultural survival, \u003ci\u003eTears in the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an unflagging woman searching for the courage to open her heart to a world that tried to tear it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynda A. Archer was born and raised in Saskatchewan. She holds a MFA in creative writing and has worked as a clinical psychologist for more than thirty years. Her short stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Dalhousie Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wascana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eTears in the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. Lynda lives amidst tall cedars and grand firs on an island in British Columbia.\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 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47245366427897,"sku":"9781459732117","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UEppT3ViZGRxL0srcmtvMmdFUENUUT09.webp?v=1768602252","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/tears-in-the-grass-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}