{"product_id":"haymaker-in-heaven","title":"Haymaker in Heaven","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHaymaker in Heaven\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eEdvard Hoem\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781571311290\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMilkweed Editions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of Norway's leading writers, translated into English for the very first time, comes a transatlantic novel of dreams, sacrifice, and transformation set at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year is 1874. Nesje is a recent widower with a young son, working as a haymaker on an estate in the town of Molde and steadily clearing his own small holding. Then he meets Serianna--an outsider, looking for work, who takes him fishing and smokes a pipe and is thoroughly unlike anyone he's met before. Soon the two fall in love and marry, and Nesje begins to dream of a prosperous future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But prosperity is hard to come by. Some Norwegians--including Serianna's spirited sister, Gjertine--have begun to immigrate to the American West, attracted by the glimmer of land and commerce. One of Nesje's sons follows, while another moves to the city and becomes a wealthy merchant, and another is adopted by Serianna's childless brother and sister-in-law. In Norway and in America, however, the turn of the century is approaching: mechanization is superseding skilled labor, the moneyed classes are growing ever more powerful, and sacrifices don't always deliver what was promised. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eHaymaker in Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is a sprawling saga--drawn from Edvard Hoem's own family history--and a vivid portrait of two countries at a critical moment of intersection.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Haymaker in Heaven | Edvard Hoem | Quality | 9781571311290 | New | Fiction 1398727","offer_id":50559827837186,"sku":"1398727","price":31.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/41NkcvaEA1L.jpg?v=1790690869","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/haymaker-in-heaven","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}