{"product_id":"9780063379084","title":"The Prospectors (Barnes \u0026 Noble Book Club Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Book Club Edition will have a unique jacket and endpapers, an author essay and a helpful reading group guide.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival, greed, and injustice across American history following a family transformed by the Klondike Gold Rush, perfect for readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Luminaries \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHow Much of These Hills Is Gold\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Told in glimmering prose and rich with historical detail, \u003cem\u003eThe Prospectors\u003c\/em\u003e immerses us in the Yukon Gold Rush so deeply, you can feel the grit on your hands.”—Celeste Ng, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eOur Missing Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe middle daughter of struggling California fruit farmers, Alice Bush is accustomed to feeling inferior and destitute. But when her elder sister’s husband strikes a vein of gold in the Yukon Territory, Alice finally seizes control of her destiny by joining a wave of white settlers making the dangerous trek to the Klondike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is an awakening of ambition for the quietly opportunistic Alice, who, by luck and circumstance, becomes tightly intertwined in her sister and brother-in-law’s newfound fortune, as well as the beginning of a generations-long family quest for wealth that unfolds against the icy Canadian wilderness and the booming oilfields of California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne hundred years later, in 2015, Alice’s great-great-granddaughter Anna must grapple with moral conflict and questions of justice as she travels to the Klondike to bequeath her would-be inheritance to the First Nations peoples who paid the price for its creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing the Klondike and turn-of-the-century California to vivid life, Ariel Djanikian weaves an ambitious narrative of claiming the American Dream and its rippling effects across generations. Sweeping and awe-inspiring, \u003cem\u003eThe Prospectors\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable story of family loyalties that interrogates the often-overlooked hostilities and inequities born during the Gold Rush era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46958744731888,"sku":"9780063379084","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780063379084_p0.jpg?v=1763777172","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780063379084","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}