{"product_id":"2940169616576","title":"The Den: A novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous, hypnotic story of youth, sex, and power that tells of two young women who find themselves ostracized from the same small New England community for the same reasons amp;mdash; though they are separated by 150 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenrietta and Jane are 15 and 12, growing up in a farmhouse on the outskirts of town. Their mother is a painter, lost in her art, their father a cook who's raised them on magical tales about their land. When Henrietta becomes obsessed with a boy from town, Jane takes to trailing the young couple, spying on their trysts amp;mdash; until one night, Henrietta vanishes into the woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElspeth and Claire are sisters separated by an ocean amp;mdash; Elspeth's pregnancy at 17 meant she was quickly married and sent to America to avoid certain shame. But when she begins ingratiating herself to the town's wealthy mill owner, a series of wrenching and violent events unfold, culminating in her disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Jane and Claire search in their own times for their missing sisters, they each come across a strange story about a family that is transformed into coyotes. But what does this myth mean? Are their sisters dead, destroyed by men and lust? Or, are they alive and thriving beyond the watchful eyes of their same small town?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith echoes of \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, Abi Maxwell gives us a transporting, layered tale of two women, living generations apart yet connected by place and longing, and condemned for the very same desires.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117047988464,"sku":"2940169616576","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169616576_p0.jpg?v=1763689267","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169616576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}