{"product_id":"gifts","title":"Gifts","description":"\u003cp\u003eUrsula K. le Guin. New.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003en this beautifully crafted novel, the first of the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy, Ursula K. Le Guin writes of the proud cruelty of power, of how hard it is to grow up, and of how much harder still it is to find, in the world's darkness, gifts of light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability—with a glance, a gesture, a word—to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Uplanders live in constant fear that one family might unleash its gift against another. Two young people, friends since childhood, decide \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to use their gifts. One, a girl, refuses to bring animals to their death in the hunt. The other, a boy, wears a blindfold lest his eyes and his anger kill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books \u0026 Brew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67224249073837,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/booksandbrew.net\/products\/gifts","provider":"Books And Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}