The Fugitive Wife
The Fugitive Wife
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The Fugitive Wife by Peter C Brown
The year is 1900 in gold-prospecting Alaska. Essie, a Midwestern farm girl fleeing from a stormy marriage, joins up with prospectors bound for Nome, where the golden sands teem with dreamers, schemers, and high rollers. When Leonard, Essie's stubborn and volatile husband, travels north, astonishing scenes of pursuit, sacrifice, and crucial decision rise to a conclusion that is both surprising and inevitable. Powerfully evoking a past world and the variable territory of the heart, this novel establishes Peter C. Brown as a consummate storyteller. Reading group guide included.
"An eloquent, memorable first novel, with high-powered characters whose prickly exteriors, created out of a need to survive, hide affectingly yearning and haunted souls" -- Publishers Weekly
"A gripping story about the search for gold, for love, for the discovery of honor and the mysteries of the human heart." -- Paulette Jiles, author of Enemy Women
"A gripping story about the search for gold, for love, for the discovery of honor and the mysteries of the human heart." -- Paulette Jiles, author of Enemy Women
Peter C. Brown’s grandfather was a prospector, the engineer for a gold-mining company in Nome, Alaska. Brown is a retired business consultant, and he and his wife live in St. Paul, Minnesota.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780393329759 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393329755 |
| Title | The Fugitive Wife |
| Author | Peter C Brown |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2007-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 430 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |