{"product_id":"9780547248004","title":"The Turtle Catcher","description":"A standout fiction debut by a prize-winning young writer whose memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer of Ordinary Ways\u003c\/i\u003e, was a favorite of critics and booksellers Nicole Helget’s fierce and lyrical memoir of growing up on a Minnesota dairy farm received widespread acclaim. \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine hailed the young author’s ability to \"take the messiest of lives and fashion something beautiful.\"\u003cp\u003e    Here, in her first novel, Helget turns her extraordinary sensibility to a haunting love story with a heinous crime at its core. In a rural Minnesota town of German immigrants in the tumultuous days of WorldWar I, \u003ci\u003eThe Turtle Catcher\u003c\/i\u003e brings together two misfits from warring clans. Liesel, the one girl in the upstanding family of Richter boys, harbors a secret about her body that thwarts all hope for a normal life. Her closest friend is Lester, the \"slow\" boy in the raffish Sutter family --  a gentle, kind soul who spends his days trapping turtles in the lake. Yearning for human touch in the wake of her parents’ deaths, Liesel turns to her only friend -- leading her brother, just returned from the war, to an act that will haunt not only both families but the entire town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Helget’s novel is a story of loyalty and betrayal that, like her earlier book, proves her uncommon understanding of the natural world and human frailties. Both moving and heartfelt, \u003ci\u003eThe Turtle Catcher\u003c\/i\u003e confirms this young writer’s exceptional talent. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49971378782448,"sku":"9780547248004","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547248004","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}