{"product_id":"9780544002968","title":"The Peppered Moth","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Flood Rises\u003c\/i\u003e offers an “absorbing” portrait of three generations of women—inspired by her own family (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the early 1900s, young Bessie Bawtry grows up in a mining town in South Yorkshire, England. Unusually gifted, she longs to escape a life burdened by unquestioned tradition. She studies patiently, dreaming of the day when she will take the entrance exam for Cambridge and leave her narrow world. A generation later, Bessie’s daughter Chrissie feels a similar impulse to expand her horizons, which she in turn passes on to her own daughter.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Nearly a century after that, Bessie’s granddaughter finds herself listening to a lecture on genetics and biological determinism. She has returned to Breaseborough and wonders at the families who remained in the humble little town where Bessie grew up. Confronted with what would have been her life had her grandmother stayed, she finds herself faced with difficult questions. Is she really so different from the plain South Yorkshire locals? As she soon learns, the past has a way of reasserting itself—not unlike the peppered moth that was once thought to be nearing extinction but is now enjoying a sudden and unexplained resurgence.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With \u003ci\u003eThe Peppered Moth\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e conjures a captivating work of semi-fiction, grappling with her memory of her own mother and the indelible mark of family and heredity.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101753786608,"sku":"9780544002968","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544002968_p0.jpg?v=1769895133","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544002968","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}