{"title":"Emily Ruskovich","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmily Ruskovich’s\u003c\/strong\u003e works explore the depths of human emotion and memory with a poetic subtlety that lingers long after reading. Her stories often unfold in rural settings, weaving intricate narratives that examine loss, love, and the passage of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect profoundly moving general fiction that challenges perceptions and reveals the quiet complexities of everyday life. With titles like \u003cem\u003eIdaho\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNightjar\u003c\/em\u003e, Ruskovich invites you into contemplative worlds where ordinary moments are rendered extraordinary through her lyrical prose.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"idaho-by-emily-ruskovich-9780099593959","title":"Idaho","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpening with an act of inexplicable violence, \u003cem\u003eIdaho\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning debut about loss, grief and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I love Idaho' - Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis sharp, stunning debut novel and Irish bestseller about grief, loss and redemption is your next literary obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne hot August day, a family drives to a mountain clearing to collect birch wood. Jenny, the mother, is in charge of lopping any small limbs off the logs with a hatchet. Wade, the father, does the stacking. 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They disturb, delight and linger long after finishing\u003c\/em\u003e LOUISE KENNEDY\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eTo read Emily Ruskovich is to unwrap a gift\u003c\/em\u003e PAULA HAWKINS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed, prizewinning author of \u003cem\u003eIdaho\u003c\/em\u003e comes a stunning collection of stories that explore the rural landscape of the far Northwestern US, and how unexpected intuitions forever alter the lives of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFive years after moving into the isolated house in rural Oregon where her husband lived as a child, the protagonist of 'Victor's Room' begins to doubt her husband's account of his family's past. In 'Round Lake', a young woman's plans to meet a lover in Tokyo are upended when she learns a startling truth about her mother's death. In 'Owl', a fur trapper reckons with the dreadful origins of his marriage after his wife is brutally injured by four adolescent boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaunting and psychologically provocative, and set against the vivid backdrop of the rural Northwestern US, \u003cem\u003eNightjar\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the secret, instinctive knowledge that lies just under the surface of our awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eIdaho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWriting that has the cool sharpness of lemonade . . . 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