{"product_id":"harrows-a-novel-of-the-american-century","title":"Harrows: A Novel of the American Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Harrows\u003c\/em\u003e, Matt Pavelich offers us a third splendid novel-this one, a true family saga of the American West. \u003cem\u003eThe Harrows\u003c\/em\u003e tells its multigenerational story with great wisdom, heart, and (often hilarious) humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The novel begins at the start of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century with Charlie Harrow, erstwhile freighter, and his beloved Dove, schoolmarm and homesteader in her own right, establishing the family farm on Montana's fabled Square Butte Bench, a \"place of taunting, receding horizons.\" The novel ends on the same place, with the return of a great-granddaughter intent, unaccountably, on continuing the family operation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile one member of each generation stays on, and makes the place thrive, others travel far afield, to the killing fields of World War Two, to drug-running adventures off the coast of Morocco, to the jazz clubs of Great Falls and Los Angeles, to military drudgery and tragedy on Okinawa during the Vietnam conflict, to the quiet bookish neighborhoods of Portland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe intertwining stories of these remarkable Harrows-Charlie and Dove, George and Verity, Tel and Jeet, Carrie and Elizabeth- tell us of a beautiful, often unforgiving place and of what it means to be family, in all our imperfections, our sorrows, and our joys. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Harrows\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeous piece of work. It seems destined to become an American classic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Rick Newby, author of \u003cem\u003eA Regionalism That Travels: Writings on (Mostly) Montana Arts, 1975-2022\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dale Livezey, Matt Pavelich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47286956589292,"sku":"9798218669041","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9798218669041.jpg?v=1770468865","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/harrows-a-novel-of-the-american-century","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}