{"product_id":"the-witch-of-painted-sorrows-a-novelvolume-1-9781476778075","title":"The Witch of Painted Sorrows: A Novelvolume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003ePossession. Power. Passion. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novelist M.J. Rose creates her most provocative spellbinder to date in this gothic novel set against the lavish backdrop of Belle Époque Paris.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndie Next Pick - Library Reads Pick - \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Pick - \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Pick of the Week \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalled an \"elegant tale of rare depth and beauty, as brilliantly crafted as it is wondrously told\" by the \u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal, The Witch of Painted Sorrows \u003c\/i\u003e\"melds the normal and paranormal in the kind of seamless fashion reserved for such classic ghost stories as Henry James's \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw.\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York socialite Sandrine Salome flees an abusive husband for her grandmother's Paris mansion, despite warnings that the lavish family home is undergoing renovation and too dangerous to enter. There Sandrine meets Julien Duplessi, a mesmerizing architect who introduces her to the City of Lights--its art world, forbidden occult underground, nightclubs--and to her own untapped desires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon Sandrine's husband tracks her down and an insidious spirit takes hold: La Lune, a witch and a legendary sixteenth-century courtesan who exposes Sandrine to a deadly darkness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"M.J. Rose has a talent for compelling writing, and this time she has outdone herself. Fear, desire, lust, and raw emotion ooze off the page,\" says the Associated Press. In her instantly absorbing tour de force, Rose imagines Sandrine's \"wild night of the soul\" dramatically underwritten by a tragic love story and a family curse that illuminates the fine line between explosive passion and complete ruination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476778075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d","brand":"M. J. Rose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095623798965,"sku":"9781476778075","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_32adc2c1-285c-4378-be73-bd273a3d0e93.jpg?v=1651588358","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-witch-of-painted-sorrows-a-novelvolume-1-9781476778075","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}