{"product_id":"9781443471152_pearly-everlasting","title":"Pearly Everlasting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST Barnes and Nobel Discover Prize 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER of the HarperCollins Canada-UBC Prize for Best New Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteeped in rural folklore and superstition, and full of remarkable characters, \u003cem\u003ePearly Everlasting\u003c\/em\u003e is an enchanting woodland Gothic about the triumph of good over evil, the beauty of the natural world, and a bond of love that cannot be broken.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Brunswick, 1934: A cook in a logging camp rescues an orphaned baby bear and brings it home to his wife. She names the cub Bruno and raises him alongside their newborn daughter, Pearly Everlasting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving in the forest amid severe poverty during the Great Depression, Pearly’s family and the lumberjacks form a close-knit commu­nity that accepts and embraces the tame young bear in their camp. But when a new camp supervisor—a profiteer who endangers the lives of the loggers—arrives, he is less accepting of Bruno.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the supervisor is later found dead, Bruno is blamed, and then kidnapped and sold to an animal trader. Determined to rescue the only brother she has ever known, Pearly, now a teenager, sets off on a hazardous solo journey—her first trip to the Outside—to find him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo make her way home again, Pearly will tramp through miles of ice and snow, elude malevolent spirits, and confront the cruelty of local villagers. But over the course of her harrowing journey, she will also discover new worlds, the kindness of strangers, and a strength she never knew she possessed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tammy Armstrong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46900258078869,"sku":"9781443471152","price":46.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781443471152.jpg?v=1776992145","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781443471152_pearly-everlasting","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}