{"product_id":"private-rites-9781250344311","title":"Private Rites","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of my favorite novels of the past few years.\" --Jeff VanderMeer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAnnihilation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOur Wives Under the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e speculative reimagining of \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's been raining for a long time now, so long that the land has reshaped itself and old rituals and religions are creeping back into practice. Sisters Isla, Irene, and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their father, an architect as cruel as he was revered, dies. His death offers an opportunity for the sisters to come together in a new way. In the grand glass house they grew up in, their father's most famous creation, the sisters sort through the secrets and memories he left behind, until their fragile bond is shattered by a revelation in his will. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sisters are more estranged than ever, and their lives spin out of control: Irene's relationship is straining at the seams, Isla's ex-wife keeps calling, and cynical Agnes is falling in love for the first time. But something even more sinister might be unfolding, something related to their mother's long-ago disappearance and the strangers who have always seemed unusually interested in the sisters' lives. Soon, it becomes clear that the sisters have been chosen for a very particular purpose, one with shattering implications for their family and their imperiled world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flatiron Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250344311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2024 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Julia Armfield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44700475850933,"sku":"9781250344311","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f171ebff-5ca6-491f-9108-57c6ab9fde61.jpg?v=1728397278","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/private-rites-9781250344311","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}