{"product_id":"accidentals-paperback","title":"Accidentals - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan M. Gaines\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Project Grantee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rich portrait of a country and its people, relayed with detail and wonder, thanks to a naturalist's eye.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFOREWORD REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Gabriel's mother decides to repatriate to her native Uruguay after thirty years in California, he takes a break from his uninspiring desk job to accompany her. At first, Gabe observes his mother's squabbling family in the same detached way he watches the new species of birds he encounters in the marsh on their neglected land--but when he falls in love with a local biologist, he is suddenly transformed from observer to the main character in his family's transnational saga. As Gabe and Alejandra struggle to confront the environmental devastation of their twenty-first-century future, they find themselves mired in the mud of their parents'--and their countries'--Cold War-era past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUSAN M. GAINES\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eCarbon Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and of the science narrative, \u003ci\u003eEchoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal About Earth History\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short stories have appeared in numerous literary journals and been selected for the Best of the West anthology and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Gaines's fiction is informed by a youth spent hiking and birding California's mountains and coastline, and by her education in chemistry and oceanography. She is the recipient of an Art in Science Fellowship at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, as well as the 2018 Suffrage Science Award. Currently at work on another novel, Gaines divides her time between her native California, Uruguay, and Germany, where she co-directs the Fiction Meets Science research and fellowship program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335687213293,"sku":"9781948814164","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/2FslhsRgoH9781948814164.webp?v=1785046626","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/accidentals-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}