{"product_id":"the-origin-of-ava-paperback","title":"The Origin of Ava - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Lampman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree lives are drawn together by fate, flight, and the healing power of nature. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva Estmund has everything under control. She is a rising star in the world of ornithology, a respected professor, and comfortably in love with a fellow academic. But when her father and star student both die on the same day, Ava abandons everything and everyone she knows and retreats to her uncle's birding casa in Ecuador.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old Greer Groff is on the run in the wilderness of western Idaho. The only witness to an act of shocking violence, she must survive on her own using her wits, imagination, and only a dog and two llamas for company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEzra Kittredge is determined to escape the shadow of his felony conviction. He may have served his time, but he's done waiting for freedom. He jumps parole on a container ship bound for Central America, willing to leave everything behind to escape a future defined by his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubtly suffused with myth and woven together by ravens, \u003cem\u003eThe Origin of Ava\u003c\/em\u003e is a timeless and timely reminder that however hard we try to break with the past, we may just be setting up a collision course with our truest selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANNIE LAMPMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eSins of the Bees\u003c\/i\u003e and the poetry chapbook \u003ci\u003eBurning Time\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short stories, poetry, and narrative essays have been published in seventy-some literary journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eOrion Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Lampman holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Idaho and has been awarded the 2020 American Fiction Award for Crime Thriller, the Dogwood Literary Award in Fiction, a Best American Essays \"Notable,\" and a Pushcart Prize special mention. She lives in Pullman, Washington, where she bird watches, grows a pollinator garden, and restores a National Historic Registry home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52022009495853,"sku":"9798890920201","price":20.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-origin-of-ava-paperback-9585834.webp?v=1777437369","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-origin-of-ava-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}