{"product_id":"i-cheerfully-refuse-9780802165190","title":"I Cheerfully Refuse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A BARNES \u0026amp; NOBLE BOOK CLUB PICK - A career defining tour-de-force from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, award-winning and \"formidably gifted\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) author of \u003ci\u003ePeace Like a River\u003c\/i\u003e Leif Enger.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A rare, remarkable book to be kept and reread--for its beauty of language, its gentle wisdom and its steady, unflagging hope.\" -- Laurie Hertzel, \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA storyteller \"of great humanity and huge heart\" (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with \u003ci\u003ePeace Like a River \u003c\/i\u003ewhich sold over a million copies and captured readers' hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author's accomplished, resonant body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, \u003ci\u003eI Cheerfully Refuse\u003c\/i\u003e is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire ruling class, crumbled infrastructure and a lawless society. Amidst the Gulliver-like challenges of life at sea and no safe landings, Rainy is lifted by physical beauty, surprising humor, generous strangers, and an unexpected companion in a young girl who comes aboard. And as his innate guileless nature begins to make an inadvertent rebel of him, Rainy's private quest for the love of his life grows into something wider and wilder, sweeping up friends and foes alike in his strengthening wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Cheerfully Refuse \u003c\/i\u003e epitomizes the \"musical, sometimes magical and deeply satisfying kind of storytelling\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) for which Leif Enger is cherished. A rollicking narrative in the most evocative of settings, this latest novel is a symphony against despair and a rallying cry for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11906288\"\u003eLeif Enger\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802165190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802165192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC055000\"\u003eDystopian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeif Enger\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling novels \u003ci\u003ePeace Like a River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSo Brave, Young, and Handsome\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVirgil Wander\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have won the Booksense Award for Fiction, the High Plains Book Award for Fiction, and been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, among other honors. He lives with his wife in Duluth, MN.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380202991755,"sku":"9780802165190","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_90c50745-d869-4265-8b16-f3ea43b41e7c.jpg?v=1760536997","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/i-cheerfully-refuse-9780802165190","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}