{"product_id":"9781529019070-the-sin-eater","title":"The Sin Eater","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Familiars\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Sin Eater \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of treason and treachery, and a young girl sentenced to silence .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in a thinly disguised sixteenth-century England, Megan Campisi's \u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully rich story of treason and treachery; of women, of power, and the strange freedom that comes from being an outcast – because, sometimes, being a nobody sometimes counts for everything .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A dark and thrilling page-turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past in an unnervingly contemporary way' - Emma Donoghue, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Sin Eater’s duty is a necessary evil: she hears the confessions of the dying, eats their sins as a funeral rite. Stained by these sins, she is shunned and silenced, doomed to live in exile at the edge of town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently orphaned May Owens is just fourteen, only concerned with where her next meal is coming from. When she’s arrested for stealing a loaf of bread, however, and subsequently sentenced to become a Sin Eater, finding food is suddenly the last of her worries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a devastating sentence, but May’s new invisibility opens new doors. And when first one then two of the Queen’s courtiers suddenly grow ill, May hears their deathbed confessions – and begins to investigate a terrible rumour that is only whispered of amid palace corridors .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan you uncover the truth when you’re forbidden from speaking it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451520528758,"sku":"9781529019070","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28921698.jpg?v=1760462830","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529019070-the-sin-eater","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}