{"product_id":"9781529389593-in-the-upper-country","title":"In the Upper Country","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fates of two unforgettable women - one just beginning a journey of reckoning and self-discovery and the other completing her life's last vital act - intertwine in this ambitious and inventive debut set at the terminus of the Underground Railroad.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOSMOPOLITAN'S 10 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fresh and propulsive . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea veneration of those whose tales are often forgotten' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A mesmerizing, lyrical testament to the power of storytelling' Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize judges\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreedom, you can't get and bury, and keep it and keep it so it won't ever go away. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo, child.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou got to swing your freedom like a club.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1859, deep in the forests of Canada, an elderly woman sits behind bars. She came to Dunmore via the Underground Railroad to escape enslavement, but an American bounty hunter tracked her down. Now she's in jail for killing him, and the fragile peace of Dunmore, a town settled by people fleeing the American south, hangs by a thread.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lensinda Martin, a smart young reporter, wants to gather the woman's testimony before she can be condemned, but the old woman has no time for confessions. Instead she proposes a barter: a story for a story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the women swap stories - of family and first loves, of survival and freedom against all odds - Lensinda must face her past. And it seems the old woman may carry a secret that could shape Lensinda's destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Travelling along the path of the Underground Railroad from the American South to British Canada, from the Indigenous nations around the Great Lakes, to the Black refugee communities of Canada, \u003ci\u003eIn the Upper Country\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable debut about the interwoven history of peoples in North America, slavery and resistance, and two women reckoning with the stories they've been given, and the ones they want to tell. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40645427363937,"sku":"9781529389593","price":18.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27400893.jpg?v=1721741919","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529389593-in-the-upper-country","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}