{"product_id":"furious-violet-9780063437876","title":"Furious Violet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling phenomenon \u003ci\u003eDietland\u003c\/i\u003e comes a razor-sharp, subversive thriller about motherhood, obsession, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolet \"West\" Shelley has unwillingly spent her life in the spotlight as the only daughter of a legendary poet and feminist icon who died tragically young. Now, as the self-described \"lowbrow\" crime journalist approaches fifty--burned out, creatively blocked, and far older than her mother ever was--she retreats to her hometown in the Colorado mountains hometown to finish a long-overdue book about the \"Crying Killer,\" a notorious serial killer who sobs for his mother after committing his crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what begins as a bid for solitude quickly spirals into something far more sinister. A stalker emerges--mysterious, relentless, with accusations disturbingly intimate: this invisible stranger insists that West is their long-lost mother, though West has never had children. As the threats escalate and her carefully defended privacy starts to shatter, West is drawn into a chilling psychological web where the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs she being watched? Hunted? Or is her own mind turning against her?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGripping, provocative, and laced with pitch-black humor, \u003ci\u003eFurious Violet \u003c\/i\u003eis a psychological thrill ride and a fierce exploration of mothers (real and imagined), fame, and the question of who can lay claim to women's bodies of work--and their bodies themselves. Once again, Sarai Walker has delivered a subversively brilliant heroine unlike any other: damaged, defiant, and utterly unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063437876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarai Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604485730485,"sku":"9780063437876","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/furious-violet-9780063437876","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}