{"product_id":"night-watch-9717","title":"Night Watch","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\u003e 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-Allegh­eny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the hospital's entrance by a war vet­eran 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\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Epic, 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":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44787002671283,"sku":"9780349727790","price":1439.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477331149780349727790.jpg?v=1762812188","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/night-watch-9717","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}