{"product_id":"9780349703558-curdle-creek","title":"Curdle Creek","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the 2024 Shirley Jackson Novel Award\u003cbr\u003eThis haunting take on the American Gothic pushes the boundaries of inheritance and blame, asking: how far would you go to keep your community safe?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the 2024 SHIRLEY JACKSON NOVEL AWARD*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gorgeously written, surrealist folktale that goes bone deep . \u003ci\u003eCurdle Creek\u003c\/i\u003e is simply a marvel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Tremblay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thoughtful, sinister tour-de-force\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eTananarive Due\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to Curdle Creek. We're dying to make you feel at home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOsira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of Curdle Creek, an all-Black town in rural America governed by a tradition of ominous rituals designed to keep the residents safe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurdle Creek has one particularly strict policy: one in, one out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd one day, it is Osira's turn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForced into the great unknown. The sinister reality of her birthplace unravels around her. As she comes face-to-face with those she believed were lost, Osira must reckon with all she has ever been told and confront the insidious cruelties of inheritance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Readers who think they know where this is going will be surprised, as Osira's story has many weirder twists and turns ahead.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny and terrifying.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful novel about the worst monsters of all: people.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55626711269750,"sku":"9780349703558","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35844508_ae217c4e-d48b-40d2-a639-3da7bf16fb44.jpg?v=1756338481","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349703558-curdle-creek","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}