{"product_id":"shot-blue-9781552453407","title":"Shot-Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eShot-Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is that rarest species, a genuinely wise novel.' - Rivka Galchen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel is a young single mother living with her son, Tristan, on a lake that borders the unchannelled north - remote, nearly inhospitable. She does what she has to do to keep them alive. But soon, and unexpectedly, Tristan will have to live alone, his youth unprotected and rough. The wild, open place that is all he knows will be overrun by strangers - strangers inhabiting the lodge that has replaced his home, strangers who make him fight, talk, and even love, when he doesn't want to. Ravenous and unrelenting, \u003ci\u003eShot-Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of first love and first loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10185874\"\u003eJesse Ruddock\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552453407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552453405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Ruddock is author of the novel \u003ci\u003eShot-Blue\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and raised in Guelph and based in Montreal, Jesse attended Harvard on a hockey scholarship, playing starting goal. After a series of concussions, she turned to studying modern poetry and medieval meditation, next completing a Master's at the University of Toronto. From age thirteen to twenty-three, Jesse worked in the summer as a carpenter's apprentice on a remote lake in northern Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e says, 'Ruddock writes moments of startling intimacy.' \u003ci\u003eThe National Post\u003c\/i\u003e says, 'Ruddock is a poet (among other things) and we can call her debut a novel or we can call it what it is: poetry.' Her writing and photographs have appeared in the New Yorker.com, \u003ci\u003eN+1\u003c\/i\u003e, BOMB, \u003ci\u003eMusic \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and VICE, among other places.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44588406833389,"sku":"9781552453407","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bb6af9c5-cf9f-4b78-abaa-af011af0c4a4.jpg?v=1702219940","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/shot-blue-9781552453407","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}