{"product_id":"2940170211654","title":"The Quiet Child: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Absence of Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a gripping and darkly psychological novel about family, suspicion, and the price we are willing to pay to protect those we love the most.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1954, and the residents of Cottonwood, California, are dying. At the center of it all is six-year-old Danny McCray, a strange and silent child the townspeople regard with fear and superstition, and who appears to bring illness and ruin to those around him. Even his own mother is plagued by a disease that is slowly consuming her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheriff Jim Kent, increasingly aware of the whispers and rumors surrounding the boy, has watched the people of his town sufferamp;mdash;and he worries someone might take drastic action to protect their loved ones. Then a stranger arrives, and Danny and his ten-year-old brother, Sean, go missing. In the search that follows, everyone is a suspect, and the consequences of finding the two brothers may be worse than not finding them at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104969670896,"sku":"2940170211654","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170211654_p0.jpg?v=1769904043","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170211654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}