{"title":"Peter Geye","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our Peter Geye collection, where the landscapes of the American Midwest come alive through evocative storytelling. Peter Geye, a celebrated contemporary author, has a knack for weaving tales that are deeply rooted in themes of family, memory, and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis debut novel, \u003cem\u003eSafe from the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, introduces readers to the rugged terrains of Minnesota, exploring themes of reconciliation between an estranged father and son. This moving narrative reflects Geye's talent for creating vivid, relatable characters set against the backdrop of unforgiving yet beautiful wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Ski Jumpers\u003c\/em\u003e, Geye continues to captivate readers by transporting them to the snowy slopes of his native state. Here, the focus shifts to the complexities and traditions of a family where ski jumping is not just a sport but a way of life. The novel beautifully intertwines past and present, highlighting the ties that bind and the secrets that linger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Geye's works sit comfortably within the General Fiction category, offering narrative depth and rich, atmospheric detail. His books are perfect for readers who appreciate powerful storytelling and elegantly crafted prose that transports them directly into the heart of the American Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"safe-from-the-sea-by-peter-geye-9781609530570","title":"Safe from the Sea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern Minnesota, \u003cem\u003eSafe from the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartfelt novel in which a son returns home to reconnect with his estranged and dying father thirty-five years after the tragic wreck of a Great Lakes ore boat that the father only partially survived and that has divided them emotionally ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen his father, for the first time, finally tells the story of the horrific disaster he has carried with him so long, it leads the two men to reconsider each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Noah's own struggle to make a life with an absent father has found its real reward in his relationship with his sagacious wife, Natalie, whose complications with infertility issues have marked her husband's life in ways he only fully realises as the reconciliation with his father takes shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Geye has delivered an archetypal story of a father and son, of the tug and pull of family bonds, of Norwegian immigrant culture, of dramatic shipwrecks and the business and adventure of Great Lakes shipping in a setting that simply casts a spell over the characters as well as the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714416660716,"sku":"9781609530570","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1239513482761.jpg?v=1754355836"},{"product_id":"the-ski-jumpers-by-peter-geye-9781517913496","title":"The Ski Jumpers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA writer and former ski jumper facing a terminal diagnosis takes one more leap—into a past of soaring flights and broken family bonds.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant ski jumper has to be fearless—Jon Bargaard remembers this well. His memories of daring leaps and risks might be the key to the book he's always wanted to write: a novel about his family, beginning with Pops, once a champion ski jumper himself, who also took Jon and his younger brother Anton to the heights. But Jon has never been able to get past the next, ruinous episode of their history, and now that he has received a terrible diagnosis, he's afraid he never will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a bravura performance, Peter Geye follows Jon deep into the past he tried so hard to leave behind, telling the story he spent his life escaping. It begins with a flourish, his father and his hard-won sweetheart fleeing Chicago, and a notoriously ruthless gangster, to land in North Minneapolis. That, at least, was the tale Jon heard, one that becomes more and more suspect as he revisits the events that eventually tore the family in two, sending his father to prison, his mother to the state hospital, and placing himself, a teenager, in charge of thirteen-year-old Anton. Traveling back and forth in time, Jon tells his family's story—perhaps his last chance to share it—to his beloved wife Ingrid, circling ever closer to the truth about those events and his own part in them, and revealing the perhaps unforgivable violence done to the brothers' bond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe dream of ski jumping haunts Jon as his tale unfolds, daring time to stop just long enough to stick the landing. As thrilling as those soaring flights, as precarious as the Bargaard family's complicated love, as tender as Jon's backward gaze while disease takes him inexorably forward, Peter Geye's gorgeous prose brings the brothers to the precipice of their relationship, where they have to choose: each other, or the secrets they've held so tightly for so long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46718282858732,"sku":"9781517913496","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11899843482728.jpg?v=1754503450"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/peter-geye.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}