{"product_id":"bartholomews-fair-9781962834827","title":"Bartholomew's Fair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrief drives Jonathon Mayes from Duluth. The dead are waiting for him at Lake Pepin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter his wife is killed without warning, Jonathon abandons their home, their business and the future they had planned together. His aimless journey ends near Wabasha, Minnesota, where he rents an isolated Tudor mansion overlooking the Mississippi River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Crowley House appears to offer exactly what he needs: solitude, beauty and freedom from memory. But the house has memories of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young historian is uncovering the story of Wilson Crowley, the nineteenth-century showman who built the mansion and dreamed of founding a settlement called Bartholomew's Fair. Crowley's fortune began in London's notorious fairgrounds, where vulnerable human beings were exhibited as curiosities-and one of his victims may never have escaped the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Jonathon grows closer to Meadow Marthaler, a guarded young woman bearing profound losses of her own, strange visions, a vanished artist and secrets buried beneath the property draw him deeper into Crowley's legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo begin living again, Jonathon must confront what the dead refuse to surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBartholomew's Fair\u003c\/em\u003e is an atmospheric literary gothic novel of grief, haunting, historical guilt and the difficult work of starting over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis version deliberately withholds the identities of the remains, the outcome of the relationship, the fire and the final revelations. It gives shoppers the emotional and supernatural promises without exhausting the mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Calumet Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962834827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"John Jensvold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53459113312437,"sku":"9781962834827","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781962834827.jpg?v=1791297731","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bartholomews-fair-9781962834827","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}