{"product_id":"the-seed-keeper-9781571311375","title":"The Seed Keeper","description":"\u003cb\u003eA haunting novel spanning several generations, \u003ci\u003eThe Seed Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e follows a Dakh ta family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakh ta people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn't return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is sent to live with a foster family in nearby Mankato--where the reserved, bookish teenager meets rebellious Gaby Makespeace, in a friendship that transcends the damaged legacies they've inherited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On a winter's day many years later, Rosalie returns to her childhood home. A widow and mother, she has spent the previous two decades on her white husband's farm, finding solace in her garden even as the farm is threatened first by drought and then by a predatory chemical company. Now, grieving, Rosalie begins to confront the past, on a search for family, identity, and a community where she can finally belong. In the process, she learns what it means to be descended from women with souls of iron--women who have protected their families, their traditions, and a precious cache of seeds through generations of hardship and loss, through war and the insidious trauma of boarding schools. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving together the voices of four indelible women, \u003ci\u003eThe Seed Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully told story of reawakening, of remembering our original relationship to the seeds and, through them, to our ancestors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilson, Diane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Diane Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39299789586507,"sku":"9781571311375","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_5b3afbf7-1a60-469f-b712-22be138e1719.jpg?v=1617718450","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-seed-keeper-9781571311375","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}