{"product_id":"whisper-hollow-9781590517116","title":"Whisper Hollow","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Cander is a smart, deft storyteller.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the nationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of the Piano \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a novel that \"like D. H. Lawrence's \u003ci\u003eSons and Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, is about love that finds its object, and love that misses its mark.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eCharles Baxter\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set in a small coal-mining town, a debut novel full of secrets, love, betrayal, and suspicious accidents, where Catholicism casts a long shadow and two courageous women make choices that will challenge our own moral convictions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One morning in Verra, a town nestled into the hillsides of West Virginia, the young Myrthen Bergmann is playing tug-of-war with her twin, when her sister is killed. Unable to accept her own guilt, Myrthen excludes herself from all forms of friendship and affection and begins a twisted, haunted life dedicated to God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, her neighbor Alta Krol longs to be an artist even as her days are taken up caring for her widowed father and siblings. Everything changes when Myrthen marries the man Alta loves. Fourteen years later, we meet Lidia, a teenage girl in the same town, and her precocious son, Gabriel. When Gabriel starts telling eerily prescient stories that hint at Verra's long-buried secrets, it's not long before the townspeople begin to suspect that the boy harbors evil spirits--an irresistible state of affairs for Myrthen and her obsession with salvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590517116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2015 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chris Cander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43271887880373,"sku":"9781590517116","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1665e38f-ef95-401b-b1d6-971061bbe775.jpg?v=1699958261","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/whisper-hollow-9781590517116","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}