{"product_id":"9780316588195-hemlock","title":"Hemlock","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman full of ghosts returns to the woods where her mother vanished, in this carnal Gothic novel-a butch Black Swan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman haunted by a dark inheritance returns to the woods where her mother vanished, in this queer Gothic novel-a butch \u003ci\u003eBlack Swan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam, finally sober and stable with a cat and a long-term boyfriend in Brooklyn, returns alone to Hemlock, her family's deteriorating cabin deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods, where her mother disappeared years before and never returned. But a quick, practical trip takes a turn for the worse when the rot and creak of the forest starts to creep in around the edges of Sam's mind. It starts, as it always does, with a beer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Sam dips back into the murky waters of dependency, the inexplicable begins to arrive at her door in the forms of a neighbor who leaves no trace, a talking doe who sounds just like Sam's missing mother, and a series of mysterious gifts that might be a welcome or a warning. And as Sam's stay extends-as the town's grip on her tightens and her body takes on a strange new shape-the borders of reality begin to blur, and she senses she is battling something sinister-whether nested in the woods or within herself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHemlock\u003c\/i\u003e is a carnal coming-of-addiction, a dark sparkler about rapture, desire, transformation, and transcendence in many forms. What lives at the heart of fear-animal, monster, or man? How do we contain a threat that may come from within? And how can we reject our own inheritance, the psychic storm that's been coming for generations, and rebuild a new home for ourselves? In the tradition of Han Kang's \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHemlock\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of singular style, with all the edginess of a survival story and a simmering menace that glints from the very periphery of the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57126045057398,"sku":"9780316588195","price":22.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39867928.jpg?v=1771008966","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780316588195-hemlock","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}