{"product_id":"cormorant-lake-9798200834174","title":"Cormorant Lake","description":"\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a cold November night, Evelyn Van Pelt steals her roommate's two underfed and neglected little girls from their beds and drives to the northwestern hometown she fled fourteen years earlier--Cormorant Lake. There, hidden in the mountains and woods, dense with fog and the cold of winter, Evelyn grapples with the guilt of what she's done, and as she attempts to reconcile her wild independence with the responsibilities of parenthood, she reconnects with the two women who raised her--her foster mother, Nan, and her biological mother, Jubilee. But by coming home, she has set in motion a series of events that will revive the decades-old tragedy that haunts Cormorant Lake--and lead her to confront the high cost of protecting her secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once fantastical and deeply rooted in the natural world, Faith Merino's deeply affecting and spirited debut novel explores the shape of family, the enduring bonds of friendship, and the imperfections of motherhood--messy and beautiful, instinctive and learned, temporal but permanently life-altering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blackstone Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798200834174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs","brand":"Faith Merino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574642843829,"sku":"9798200834174","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_68342db0-5c76-4ad5-8f1e-fa3d3a3fcb18.jpg?v=1643697184","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cormorant-lake-9798200834174","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}