{"product_id":"mr-splitfoot-9780544811812","title":"Mr. Splitfoot","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice * A \u003ci\u003eParis Review \u003c\/i\u003eStaff Pick * An Indie Next Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Hypnotic and glowing.\" --\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intriguing mystery with clues, suspense, enigmas galore, and an exhilarating, witty, poignant paean to the unexplainable, the unsolvable, the irreducibly mysterious.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuth and Nat are seventeen. They are orphans. And they may be able to talk to the dead. Enter Mr. Bell, a con man with his own mystical interests. Together they embark on an unexpected journey that connects meteor sites, utopian communities, lost mothers, and a scar that maps its way across Ruth's face. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades later and after years of absence, Ruth visits her niece, Cora. But while Ruth used to speak to the dead, she now won't speak at all. She leads Cora on a mysterious mission that involves crossing the entire state of New York on foot. Where is she taking them? And who--or what--is hidden in the woods at the end of the road? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An escapist adventure, a gothic page-turner that is also so finely crafted that you'll feel enriched as well as transported for having read it.\" -- \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An American gothic fever dream.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gripping.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544811812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Samantha Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638501732508,"sku":"9780544811812","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a84a571b-6220-46f8-9ea4-63ed08e3aa39.jpg?v=1603847442","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mr-splitfoot-9780544811812","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}