num_pages: 430
description: “All about passion, whether for . . . romance or adventure, this sweeping debut renders poetically the dynamics of desire.”― Kirkus Reviews The year is 1900 in gold-prospecting Alaska. Essie, a Midwestern farm girl fleeing from a stormy marriage, joins up with prospectors bound for Nome, where the golden sands teem with dreamers, schemers, and high rollers. When Leonard, Essie's stubborn and volatile husband, travels north, astonishing scenes of pursuit, sacrifice, and crucial decision rise to a conclusion that is both surprising and inevitable. Powerfully evoking a past world and the variable territory of the heart, this novel establishes Peter C. Brown as a consummate storyteller. Reading group guide included.
language: English
title: The Fugitive Wife
titlecomplete: The Fugitive Wife
genres: Historical, Historical Fiction, Adult Fiction, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 443
places: The United States of America
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company