{"product_id":"night-watch-pulitzer-prize-winner-a-novel","title":"Night Watch (Pulitzer Prize Winner) A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War—and a brilliant portrait of family endurance against all odds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasn’t spoken in more than a year. They 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 world. There, far from family, a beloved neighbor, and the mountain home they knew, they try to reclaim their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe omnipresent vagaries of war and race rise to the surface as we learn their story: 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 mysterious man they call the Night Watch; the orphan child called Weed; the fearsome woman who runs the kitchen; the remarkable doctor at the head of the institution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpic, enthralling, and meticulously crafted, \u003ci\u003eNight Watch \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning chronicle of surviving war and its aftermath.","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42927287107620,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/8657\/1300\/files\/9189733482580.jpg?v=1763656702","url":"https:\/\/volumebookshop.com\/products\/night-watch-pulitzer-prize-winner-a-novel","provider":"Volume Bookshop \u0026 Studio, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}