{"product_id":"apples-on-the-nashwaak-paperback","title":"Apples on the Nashwaak - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Sampson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApples on the Nashwaak \u003c\/strong\u003etells the stories of five generations of Irish families who called this place \"home\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... a gravel road climbs to a fifty-acre field, to where blankets of paintbrush blend into sky. The Nashwaak River Valley runs far below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe field lies deserted now, abandoned to wild roses and raspberries. Rock piles--150-year heaps--half submerged in the treeline, icebergs of the understorey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... a straggle of old apple trees ... all that's left of a life long gone--house, barn, paddocks and sheds; gardens behind fences of cedar rail and stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI come here to run my dogs ... an open door to the wild, it stirs the wolf in their blood.\u003cbr\u003e This field, these woodland trails ... walk them; go deep. Though feet lose their way, the mind finds the path to a settled place. The soul inhales, quiets, soars; begins to nestle in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...what follows is free flow, a river on the run. Facts carried, facts buried--trails of truth through a field of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-from the Preface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eApples on the Nashwaak\u003c\/em\u003e received the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick 2018 Alfred G. Bailey Award for poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710621880383,"sku":"9781988299259","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/71d451a9debda494ee43109d306d098c.webp?v=1765055573","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/apples-on-the-nashwaak-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}