{"product_id":"british-columbiana-9781459750210","title":"British Columbiana","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST, 2024 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA job as a heritage interpreter at a remote gold rush site propels an insecure and anxious twenty-four-year-old to find what she truly desires from life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By turns deadpan and wryly candid, Teed has a keen observational eye and a talent for characterization. An excellent debut.” — ANDRÉ FORGET, author of \u003cem\u003eIn the City of Pigs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnsure of her next steps after graduation, twenty-something Josie Teed accepts a position at Barkerville, a remote heritage site in British Columbia showcasing the nineteenth-century gold rush. She lives in the adjacent village of Wells, population 250. There is no cell reception and the grocery store is an hour away. Once a thriving gold mining community in the 1930s, Wells has become a haven for white Gen-X artists and flower children, struggling actors-turned-heritage-interpreters, and transient miners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEager to move on from a master’s thesis that left her questioning her passion for history, Josie dives headlong into her new job and life in a small town. Faced with the prospect of remaining long-term, she must decide if she will fight to carve a place for herself in Wells’s idiosyncratic community. What follows is the story of a young woman trying to find connection and purpose in the twenty-first century while living in a village seemingly frozen in the past.","brand":"Josie Teed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281957531899,"sku":"9781459750210","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_8bbacb0c-a285-4e20-8005-c086b0d1ebb7.jpg?v=1777515477","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/british-columbiana-9781459750210","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}