{"product_id":"2940170154364","title":"The Gone Dead : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eBillie James' inheritance isn't much: a little money and a shack in the Mississippi Delta. The house once belonged to her father, a renowned black poet who died unexpectedly when Billie was four years old. Though Billie was there when the accident happened, she has no memory of that day amp;mdash; and she hasn't been back to the South since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years later, Billie returns, but her father's home is unnervingly secluded: Her only neighbors are the McGees, the family whose history has been entangled with hers since the days of slavery. As Billie encounters the locals, she hears a strange rumor: that she herself went missing on the day her father died. As the mystery intensifies, she finds out that this forgotten piece of her past could put her in danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInventive, gritty, and openhearted, \u003ci\u003eThe Gone Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing debut novel about race, justice, and memory that lays bare the long-concealed wounds of a family and a country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114992189680,"sku":"2940170154364","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170154364_p0.jpg?v=1763703411","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170154364","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}