{"product_id":"2940170107780","title":"Devotion: A Rat Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most popular and acclaimed story writers of her generation, a single-volume short story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"That the yellow house was thrillingly affordable might have been a warning sign, if Eleanor had known how to read it. But she'd been desperate. She was sharing a room with her four-year-old daughter, Hattie, in her parents' house, and she had to get out.\"  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning novelist and short story writer Maile Meloy, \u003ci\u003eDevotion: A Rat Story\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisitely unsettling tale about a young single mother whose new home becomes a kind of nightmare she must resolve on her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleanor is in such a rush to move away from her parents that she allows an imperious realtor to rush her to close on the too-good-to-be-true home without an inspection. Shortly after the house becomes legally hers--with every cent and all of her pride and future tied up in the property--the giant rats show themselves. In the yard, in the kitchen, on her daughter's bed. A walk around the block reveals a decrepit neighboring house where two elderly sisters are feeding and fostering thousands of unusal \"pets.\" What has Eleanor done? What action can she possibly take now?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Meloy's characteristically clean, assured style, she captures the hopes and horrors of domestic life with an element of suspense that drives the reader feverishly to the end.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098289520880,"sku":"2940170107780","price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170107780_p0.jpg?v=1763702308","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170107780","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}