{"product_id":"vacationland-paperback-1","title":"Vacationland - 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\u003eSarah Stonich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a lake in northernmost Minnesota, you might find Naledi Lodge--only two cabins still standing, its pathways now trodden mostly by memories. And there you might meet Meg, or the ghost of the girl she was, growing up under her grandfather's care in a world apart and a lifetime ago. Now an artist, Meg paints images \"reflected across the mirrors of memory and water,\" much as the linked stories of \u003ci\u003eVacationland\u003c\/i\u003e cast shimmering spells across distance and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose whose paths have crossed at Naledi inhabit \u003ci\u003eVacationland\u003c\/i\u003e: a man from nearby Hatchet Inlet who knew Meg back when, a Sarajevo refugee sponsored by two parishes who can't afford \"their own refugee,\" aged sisters traveling to fulfill a fateful pact once made at the resort, a philandering ad man, a lonely Ojibwe stonemason, and a haiku-spouting girl rescued from a bog. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Stonich, whose work has been described as \"unexpected and moving\" by the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eand \"a well-paced feast\" by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, weaves these tales of love and loss, heartbreak and redemption into a rich novel of interconnected and disjointed lives. \u003ci\u003eVacationland\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving portrait of a place--at once timeless and of the moment, composed of conflicting dreams and shared experience--and of the woman bound to it by legacy and sometimes longing, but not necessarily by choice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Stonich is the author of the critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eThese Granite Islands \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Ice Chorus\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a memoir, \u003ci\u003eShelter\u003c\/i\u003e. The founder of WordStalkers.com, she lives in Minneapolis and spends summers in northeastern Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minnesota Book Award (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47237225677049,"sku":"9780816687664","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cE84MGpDeXVJNkpuQXFQM3h4c0tLZz09_9115cb93-e5d6-4abb-9efd-2b9027a78d49.webp?v=1768539111","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/vacationland-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}