{"product_id":"sointula-9781551928432","title":"Sointula","description":"\u003cp\u003eSummoned to the deathbed of a long-ago lover  Evelyn is overcome by emotion. Off her medications  she impulsively steals a kayak and embarks on a quest that takes her deep into the Canadian wilderness in order to find her lost son  Tom. On the way to Sointula  a remote fishing village off Vancouver Island  she gains a traveling companion  Peter Gore  a writer working on the quintessential book on the region. Stymied by illness  writers block  and whiskey  Peter makes an unlikely and unreliable shipmate and paramour. Tom  the survivor of a gunshot wound that slowed his speech and his drug-dealing  finds solace in his isolated life  collecting data for a whale researcher. As Evelyn and Peter approach  Tom waits for the whales irregular visits to the waters edge. Like the novels of David Malouf and Jonathan Raban  Sointula is a celebration of place  a novel where the landscape comes as fully alive as its memorable characters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923917668405,"sku":"ByrdShop_1551928434","price":66.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781551928432.jpg?v=1794119095","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sointula-9781551928432","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}