{"product_id":"9780544309296","title":"Black River: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn Indie Next Title • An Indies Introduce Title • Long-listed for the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Impressive . . . [A] tough, honest novel by a surprisingly wise young writer.” — \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A complex and powerful story—put \u003ci\u003eBlack River\u003c\/i\u003e on the must-read list.” —\u003ci\u003e Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Wes Carver returns to his hometown—Black River, Montana—with two things: his wife’s ashes and a letter from the parole board. The convict who once held him hostage during a prison riot is up for release. For years, Wes earned his living as a corrections officer and found his joy playing the fiddle. But the riot shook Wes’s faith and robbed him of his music; now he must decide if his attacker should walk free. With “lovely rhythms, spare language, tenderness, and flashes of rage” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e), S. M. Hulse shows us the heart and darkness of an American town, and one man’s struggle to find forgiveness in the wake of evil.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Artful . . . Hulse evokes the Montana landscape in lyrical, vivid prose.” — \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Hulse believes that grace happens in a look between two people, or a moment of holding back. A powerful elegy.” —\u003ci\u003e Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101755293936,"sku":"9780544309296","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544309296_p0.jpg?v=1769895965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544309296","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}