{"product_id":"9780888015914","title":"The Waiting Place","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuty, desire, love, and purpose. Who we want to be and whom we want in our lives. As Susan prepares for the birth of her first child, she contemplates her role as a mother, wife, and partner on the family farm through the lives of the women closest to her. In a world of wanting and waiting, is fulfillment always beyond reach?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Waiting Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLust and despair rival hard work and family in Sharron Arksey's exploration of women in a modern rural landscape, simultaneously shattering old-fashioned ideas of farm life and detailing the very real challenges and rewards of cattle ranching.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith the pain of childbirth as backdrop,\u003c\/em\u003e The Waiting Place \u003cem\u003egives voice to the nuanced and sometimes secret lives of individual women bound together by family duty, revealing their stories with humour, compassion, and an unflinching honesty.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Anne Lazurko, author of \u003cem\u003eDollybird\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Waiting Place \u003cem\u003eis a subtle blend of sly, disarming humour, heartbreak, and poignancy. In its farming world populated by animals, every moment is human. That's the secret and triumph of this book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Terry Jordan, author of\u003cem\u003e It's a Hard Cow\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBeneath That Starry Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turnstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009263255792,"sku":"9780888015914","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780888015914_p0.jpg?v=1763857194","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780888015914","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}