{"product_id":"the-road-to-winona-9798240989957","title":"The Road To Winona","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Shirley J. Williams\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Self Publishing LLC.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Self Publishing LLC.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Road to Winona is a family history - the story of late 19th century immigrants from Finland to the mining and lumber industries of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is a story of resilience -- from the need to leave one's homeland to the challenges of settling in a new country. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Road to Winona\u003c\/strong\u003e is a story of grit, grace, and the quiet power of a woman who refuses to let her world disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the copper mine closes and families abandon the town, Marija stays. Rooted to the land and to the people who remain, she builds a life where others see only loss. Through homesteading hard ground, raising a strong family, and helping establish a lumber mill that gives the town new purpose, Marija becomes the steady heart of a fading community. Her strength is not loud or boastful-it's found in work-worn hands, shared meals, and the resolve to keep going when survival itself feels like an act of defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once intimate and sweeping, \u003cstrong\u003e The Road to Winona \u003c\/strong\u003ehonors a woman whose resilience holds her family together and whose courage transforms an abandoned place into a living home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Self Publishing LLC.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217002803351,"sku":"9798240989957","price":1864.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798240989957.webp?v=1788739004","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-road-to-winona-9798240989957","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}