{"product_id":"the-observerbooks","title":"The Observer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA spare and powerful new novel from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGood to a Fault\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Julia arrives in Medway, accompanying her beloved Hardy on his first posting as an RCMP constable, she tries to explain her new life to old friends from the city, but can find no shared vocabulary to convey this rural reality, let alone police life. As Hardy disappears into long days at work, Julia takes a job as editor of the local newspaper, the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e. Interviewing people to compose a view of the town each week, she gathers knowledge of the community’s surface joys and sorrows; meanwhile, Hardy is immersed in violence and loss, and Julia can only witness his increasing exhaustion. At first this new life together is an adventure, but as in all the best stories, time darkens and deepens it.\u003cbr\u003e    Grounded in Marina Endicott’s own experience in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential story from one of our most beloved storytellers. Endicott writes with the sure pacing and insight of a master novelist, piecing haunting details into a quietly devastating revelation of the fragility of life and law in a tightknit community.","brand":"Endicott, Marina","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":45143782883552,"sku":"","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8b3ec2d4-3d2f-4395-b720-2b6c13ad3a20.jpg?v=1712332288","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-observerbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}