{"product_id":"jayneannephillipsnightwatch","title":"Jayne Anne Phillips - Night Watch","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Jayne Anne Phillips. Themes include Fiction, Literary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winner In Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breathtaking in both its scope and intensity' Tayari Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shatteringly particular and audaciously universal' Alice Randall\u003c\/b\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\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.The 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.\u003cb\u003eEpic, enthralling and meticulously crafted, \u003ci\u003eNight Watch\u003c\/i\u003e is 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57935583543670,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780349727806.jpg?v=1779466625","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/jayneannephillipsnightwatch","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}