{"product_id":"devotion-a-rat-story-9781594634598","title":"Devotion: A Rat Story","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most popular and acclaimed story writers of her generation, a single-volume short story from the author of 2017's \u003ci\u003eDo Not Become Alarmed\u003c\/i\u003e, a beautifully packaged palm-sized gift book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That the yellow house was thrillingly affordable might have been a warning sign, if Eleanor had known how to read it. But she'd been desperate. She was sharing a room with her four-year-old daughter, Hattie, in her parents' house, and she had to get out.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the award-winning novelist and short story writer Maile Meloy, \u003ci\u003eDevotion: A Rat Story\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisitely unsettling tale about a young single mother whose new home becomes a kind of nightmare she must resolve on her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleanor is in such a rush to move away from her parents that she allows an imperious realtor to rush her to close on the too-good-to-be-true home without an inspection. Shortly after the house becomes legally hers--with every cent and all of her pride and future tied up in the property--the giant rats show themselves. In the yard, in the kitchen, on her daughter's bed. A walk around the block reveals a decrepit neighboring house where two elderly sisters are feeding and fostering thousands of unusal \"pets.\" What has Eleanor done? What action can she possibly take now? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Meloy's characteristically clean, assured style, she captures the hopes and horrors of domestic life with an element of suspense that drives the reader feverishly to the end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594634598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.10h x 3.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Maile Meloy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43433865740469,"sku":"9781594634598","price":8.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_971f785b-028d-4025-a460-5a9e7e100e31.jpg?v=1703571331","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/devotion-a-rat-story-9781594634598","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}