{"product_id":"the-gloaming-9781937512477","title":"The Gloaming","description":"\u003cb\u003e* \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2016.\u003cbr\u003e * \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Not the Booker Prize\" Shortlist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e* Publishers Weekly's \u003c\/i\u003e 'Big Indie Books of Fall 2016'\u003cbr\u003e* 2017 Vermont Book Award finalist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deeply satisfying. Finn is a remarkably confident and supple storyteller. [\u003ci\u003eThe Gloaming\u003c\/i\u003e] deserves major attention.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e--John Williams, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn rich, compelling prose, Melanie Finn perfectly captures a world of consequences, and the characters who must survive them. Pilgrim Jones' husband has just left her for another woman, stranding her in a small Swiss town where she is one day involved in a tragic car accident that leaves 3 school-children dead. Cleared of responsibility though overcome with guilt, she alights for Africa, where she befriends a series of locals each with their own tragic past, each isolated in their own private way in the remote Tanzanian outpost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMysteriously, the remains of an albino African appear packaged in a box, spooking everyone--sign of a curse placed by a witch doctor--though its intended recipient is uncertain. Pilgrim volunteers to rid the town of the box and its contents, though wherever she goes, she can't shake the feeling that she's being followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gloaming\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling, haunting new work of guilt, atonement, and finally, hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937512477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2016 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2016 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melanie Finn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801167491253,"sku":"9781937512477","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-gloaming-9781937512477","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}