{"product_id":"child-in-the-valley-9781938235801","title":"Child in the Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is the orphaned foster son of a failed doctor on the run from his father’s debt. In 1849, he travels to Independence, Missouri and falls in with the mysterious, four-fingered Renard, and his companion, formerly-enslaved Free Ray. Joshua offers his medical expertise to their party, and together they embark on the fifteen-hundred mile overland journey to Gold Rush California. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the hardship, disease, and death on the trail, the company abandons panning the river in favor of robbery and murder. Engulfed by violence, the young doctor-turned-marauder must reckon with his own morality, his growing desire for the men around him, and the brutality that has haunted him all his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Revenant\u003c\/em\u003eand Ian McGuire’s \u003cem\u003eThe North Water\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChild in the Valley \u003c\/em\u003eis a gorgeously rendered tale cut from the turmoil of a fledgling America. Gordy Sauer’s careful eye and penetrating literary lens offers a modern, incisive look into the complexities of masculinity, isolation, and the impenetrable nature of greed. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gordy Sauer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284283732219,"sku":"9781938235801","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781938235801.jpg?v=1772488129","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/child-in-the-valley-9781938235801","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}