{"product_id":"the-swan-keeper-9781948598033","title":"The Swan Keeper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e featured novelist and Western Writers of America Spur award finalist Milana Marsenich, \u003ci\u003eThe Swan Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e is an historical, coming-of-age novel set in 1920s Montana.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn her eleventh birthday, Lilly's family visits the Cattail Marsh to see the newly hatched cygnets. The family outing turns tragic when Dean Drake shows up with his shotgun. Lilly sees him kill her father, injure her mother, and slaughter the bevy of trumpeter swans. The sheriff, her mother, sister, and best friend all think Lilly is trying to make sense of a senseless accident by blaming Drake. But Lilly knows the truth. Left alone she must bring him to justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\"Author Milana Marsenich has penned a dramatic page-turner brimming with authentic detail. She knows this Montana countryside inside and out, her vivid descriptions capturing the spirit of thecraggy Mission Mountains.\"-Maggie Plummer, author of \u003ci\u003eSpirited Away - A Novel of the Stolen Irish\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaring Passage: Book Two of the Spirited Away Saga\u003c\/i\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-11136466\"\u003eMilana Marsenich\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Books Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948598033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948598035\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-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMILANA MARSENICH lives in Northwest Montana near Flathead Lake at the base of the beautiful Mission Mountains. Western Writers of America selected her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eCopper Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, as a Spur Award finalist for Best Western Historical Novel. Milana has an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling from Montana State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. She has previously published in \u003ci\u003eMontana Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBig Sky Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Polishing Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFeminist Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. She has a short story included in the \u003ci\u003eMontana Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e book \u003ci\u003eMontana, Warts and All: The Best From Our First Decade\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44522544726253,"sku":"9781948598033","price":24.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b57d667b-e0e5-4172-81d4-d9a84139967e.jpg?v=1701304775","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-swan-keeper-9781948598033","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}