{"product_id":"9780349727806-night-watch-winner-of-the-pulitzer-prize-for-fiction-2024","title":"Night Watch: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2024","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Jayne Anne Phillips\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 304\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER IN FICTION    'Breathtaking in both its scope and intensity' TAYARI JONES    'Shatteringly particular and audaciously universal' ALICE RANDALL    A mesmerising story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in a mental asylum in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War.    In 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.    Epic, enthralling and meticulously crafted, Night Watch is a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds and a stunning chronicle of surviving war and its aftermath.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48765727965338,"sku":"9780349727806","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/1625\/7690\/files\/9780349727806-us-300.jpg?v=1784519181","url":"https:\/\/castlebooks.com.au\/products\/9780349727806-night-watch-winner-of-the-pulitzer-prize-for-fiction-2024","provider":"Castlebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}