{"product_id":"the-purchase-a-novel-9780307908414","title":"The Purchase: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of Canadas 2012 Governor Generals Award for Fiction  In this provocative and starkly beautiful historical novel  a Quaker family moves from Pennsylvania to the Virginia frontier  where slaves are the only available workers and where the familys values and beliefs are sorely tested.  In 1798  Daniel Dickinson  recently widowed and shunned by his fellow Quakers when he marries his young servant girl to help with his five small children  moves his shaken family down the Wilderness Road to the Virginia\/Kentucky border. Although determined to hold on to his Quaker ways  and despite his most dearly held belief that slavery is a sin  Daniel becomes the owner of a young boy named Onesimus  setting in motion a twisted chain of events that will lead to tragedy and murder  forever changing his childrens lives and driving the book to an unexpected conclusion.  A powerful novel of sacrifice and redemption set in a tiny community on the edge of the frontier  this spellbinding narrative unfolds around Daniels struggle to maintain his faith; his young wife  Ruth  who must find her own way; and Mary  the eldest child  who is bound to a runaway slave by a terrible secret. Darkly evocative  The Purchase is as hard-edged as the realities of pioneer life. Its memorable characters  drawn with compassion and depth  are compellingly human  with lives that bring light to matters of loyalty and conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276834136117,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307908410","price":66.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307908414.jpg?v=1780565014","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-purchase-a-novel-9780307908414","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}