{"product_id":"canticle-9781966302414","title":"Canticle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION * \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS' CHOICE * \u003ci\u003eREAL SIMPLE\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOKS OF 2025 * SPOTIFY BEST DEBUTS OF 2025 * GOODREADS READERS' MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Atmospheric and unforgettable.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA masterful debut novel following a spirited young woman's explorations of faith, agency, and love in thirteenth-century Bruges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAleys\u003cbr\u003e is sixteen years old and unusual: stubborn, bright, and prone to \u003cbr\u003ereligious visions. She and her only friend, Finn, a young scholar, have \u003cbr\u003ebeen learning Latin together in secret--but just as she thinks their \u003cbr\u003econnection might become something more, everything unravels. When her \u003cbr\u003efather promises her in marriage to a merchant she doesn't love, she runs\u003cbr\u003e away from home, finding shelter among the beguines, a fiercely \u003cbr\u003eindependent community of religious women who refuse to answer to the \u003cbr\u003eChurch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong these hardworking and strong-willed women, Aleys \u003cbr\u003eglimpses for the first time the joys of belonging: a life of song, \u003cbr\u003emeaning, and friendship in the markets and along the canals of Bruges. \u003cbr\u003eBut forces both mystical and political are at work. Illegal translations\u003cbr\u003e of scripture, the women's independence, and a sudden rash of miracles \u003cbr\u003eall draw the attention of an ambitious bishop--and bring Aleys and those \u003cbr\u003earound her into ever-increasing danger, a danger that will push Aleys to\u003cbr\u003e a new understanding of love and sacrifice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrounded in the \u003cbr\u003elittle-told stories of medieval women--mystics, saints, anchoresses, and \u003cbr\u003ebeguines--and introducing a major new talent, \u003ci\u003eCanticle\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous work of historical fiction, vividly evoking a world on the verge of transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spiegel \u0026amp; Grau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966302414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Janet Rich Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53240062705845,"sku":"9781966302414","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781966302414.jpg?v=1788975287","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/canticle-9781966302414","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}