{"product_id":"9780349727806","title":"Night Watch : Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER IN FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breathtaking in both its scope and intensity' TAYARI JONES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shatteringly particular and audaciously universal' ALICE RANDALL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mesmerising story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in a mental asylum in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1874, in the wake of the war, trauma haunts civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee and her mother, Eliza, who hasn't spoken in more than a year, arrive at the Trans-Allegh-eny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the hospital's entrance by a war vet-eran who has forced himself into their lives. There, far from family, a beloved neighbour, and the mountain home they knew, they try to reclaim their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe twin horrors of war and race rise to the surface as we learn their history: their flight to the highest mountain ridges of western Virginia; the disappearance of ConaLee's father, who left for the war and never returned. Meanwhile in the asylum, they begin to find a new path. ConaLee pretends to be her mother's maid; Eliza responds slowly to treatment. They get swept up in the life of the facility - the mystery behind the man they call the Night Watch; the child called Weed; the fearsome woman who runs the kitchen; the remarkable doctor at the head of the institution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpic, enthralling and meticulously crafted, \u003ci\u003eNight Watch \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds and a stunning chronicle of surviving war and its aftermath.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45464245108957,"sku":"9780349727806","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780349727806.jpg?v=1720079431","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780349727806","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}