{"product_id":"the-entangling-net","title":"The Entangling Net","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e  \"Truly remarkable portraits\u003cbr\u003e         of courage.\" -- John van Amerongen, editor, \u003ci\u003eAlaska Fisherman's \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e        Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       \"These little-known tales\u003cbr\u003e         of women working in Alaska's commercial fishing industry make for great\u003cbr\u003e         reading. . . . Readers will be amazed by their stories.\" -- Laine\u003cbr\u003e         Welch, Alaska Fish Radio\u003cbr\u003e       \"A richly textured story,\u003cbr\u003e         a multi-genre text that invites readers to witness women's conversation\u003cbr\u003e         with America's last frontier, Alaska.\" -- Patricia Foster, University\u003cbr\u003e         of Iowa\u003cbr\u003e       Why do women choose an occupation\u003cbr\u003e         that has been ranked the most dangerous in the nation? What do women give\u003cbr\u003e         up--and get in return--when they take on the tasks of fishermen? \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e        Entangling Net\u003c\/i\u003e explores these issues through the stories of twenty\u003cbr\u003e         women who have chosen to work in this extremely risky, male-dominated\u003cbr\u003e         profession.\u003cbr\u003e       Leslie Leyland Fields lyrically\u003cbr\u003e         weaves their stories with her own experiences as a fishing woman. She\u003cbr\u003e         tells of long, exhausting days in skiffs, catching fish in brutally cold\u003cbr\u003e         weather on waters that are often violent. Her words and those of the women\u003cbr\u003e         she interviews convey the paradoxical relationship the women have with\u003cbr\u003e         commercial fishing: they face extraordinarily difficult working conditions\u003cbr\u003e         made more difficult and dangerous by male crews and skippers who don't\u003cbr\u003e         welcome women, yet they feel impelled by the challenge of the work to\u003cbr\u003e         return to their jobs season after season.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Leslie Leyland Fields","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615949742460,"sku":"9780252065651","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_7f4caa94-72af-4ca4-8a3f-b1f9252d4214.jpg?v=1746711612","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-entangling-net","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}