{"product_id":"9780316261524","title":"Rush Oh!","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"[An] epic tale.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Irresistible\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fresh and subversive take on a genre traditionally owned by male leviathans.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, *Editors' Choice*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Heart-warming and hilarious.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Niven\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Bright Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ebook to never forget.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMarkus Zusak,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Book Thief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn impassioned, charming, and hilarious debut novel about a young woman's coming-of-age, during one of the harshest whaling seasons in the history of New South Wales.\u003c\/strong\u003e    1908: It's the year that proves to be life-changing for our teenage narrator, Mary Davidson, tasked with providing support to her father's boisterous whaling crews while caring for five brothers and sisters in the wake of their mother's death. But when the handsome John Beck-a former Methodist preacher turned novice whaler with a mysterious past-arrives at the Davidson's door pleading to join her father's crews, suddenly Mary's world is upended.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs her family struggles to survive the scarcity of whales and the vagaries of weather, and as she navigates sibling rivalries and an all-consuming first love for the newcomer John, nineteen-year-old Mary will soon discover a darker side to these men who hunt the seas, and the truth of her place among them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwinging from Mary's own hopes and disappointments to the challenges that have beset her family's whaling operation, \u003ci\u003eRUSH OH!\u003c\/i\u003e is an enchanting blend of fact and fiction that's as much the story of its gutsy narrator's coming-of-age as it is the celebration of an extraordinary episode in history.","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177951871216,"sku":"9780316261524","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780316261524_p0.jpg?v=1769889372","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780316261524","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}