{"product_id":"where-the-river-narrows","title":"Where The River Narrows","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of Where the River Narrows begins with the mysterious figureof Antonio Tremblay  the mythical coureur de bois who traps in the forestssurrounding Chicoutimi  Qubec. Of mixed blood himself  he takes two wives: thesaintly Marie-Ange  who gives him two daughters  and Marie Kapesh  hisclandestine \"wood wife\"  whose children remain hidden in the forest.Marie-Anges younger daughter  the beautiful Marie-Reine  becomes thematriarch of a boisterous  tightly knit family  whose children  grand-children and great-grandchildren must chart their own way in a changing Qubec. Where the River Narrows sweeps effortlessly across the centuries  fromthe French royal court to the founding of Qubec City in 1608  from the Spanishflu pandemic of 1918 to the FLQ Crisis. Against this rich panorama  the dailylives of the Tremblays unfold. Marie-Reines children grow up  marry  havetheir own children who  in turn  spread beyond Qubec to a wider world. It isLucie  a child of the -60s facing a troubled marriage  who begins the longjourney back  bringing to life a history she had glimpsed only in schoolbooksand discovering a past peopled by saints and sinners  weighed down by historyand religion. From the beginning  Lucie senses that there are long-buriedsecrets shaping the fortunes of the Tremblays  secrets that draw her into thedark forests of her ancestors. This passionate novel resonates with joie de vivre as the Tremblaysfight and reconcile  mourn and worship  hate and love one another. Ranging fromthe wilderness of eighteenth-century New France to the -60s faux farmhouses ofsuburban Sainte-Foy  Where the River Narrows echoes the many voices andvisions that have shaped a unique part of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44967280082997,"sku":"ByrdShop_0002254956","price":317.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780002254953.jpg?v=1770642501","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/where-the-river-narrows","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}