{"product_id":"fruit-of-the-dead-9781668020869","title":"Fruit of the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003e* \"Mesmerizing.\" --\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e * \"Twisty and unsettling.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e * \"Ancient Greece meets \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e by way of Emma Cline...deliciously dark.\" --Ruth Gilligan *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"superb...refreshing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set on a lush private island, exploring themes of addiction and sex, family, independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCamp counselor Cory Ansel, eighteen and aimless, afraid to face her high-strung single mother's disappointment, is no longer sure where home is when the father of one of her campers offers an alternative. The CEO of a pharmaceutical company, Rolo Picazo is wealthy, divorced, and magnetic. He is also intoxicated by Cory. When Rolo offers her a job, Cory quiets an internal warning and allows herself to be ferried to his private island. Plied with luxury and the opiates manufactured by his company, she tells herself she's in charge. Her mother, Emer, head of a teetering agricultural NGO, senses otherwise. With her daughter seemingly vanished, Emer crosses land and sea to heed a cry for help that only she can hear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlternating between the two women's perspectives, \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e incorporates its mythic inspiration with a light touch and devastating precision. The result is a tale that explores love, control, obliteration, and America's late-capitalist mythos. Lyon's reinvention of Persephone and Demeter's story makes for a haunting, electric novel that readers will not soon forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668020869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Rachel Lyon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44902143393973,"sku":"9781668020869","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d8ac8399-7d72-4468-b3c0-d0eb9f39868b.jpg?v=1733813388","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fruit-of-the-dead-9781668020869","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}