{"product_id":"9781480402126","title":"The Plague Stone: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen three village women each make a wish on a local artifact, their desires come true in unexpected ways\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Plague Stone squats at the center of the seemingly tranquil village of Meadcombe, haunted by legends of black magic. One night, three Meadcombe women each make a wish. Widowed Marian prays for the death of her mother-in-law, an unpleasant woman now suffering from dementia. Teenager Melanie yearns to escape the village and, in particular, her selfish, depressed father and her self-indulgently martyred mother. And social-climbing Sonia needs a loan from her despised father-in-law to save her husband’s business and their desperately fragile, \u003ci\u003enouveau-riche\u003c\/i\u003e lifestyle. By the next morning, all three women’s wishes have come true . . . but in a less-than-pleasant fashion. Did chance grant their desires, or are darker forces at work?","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141869125872,"sku":"9781480402126","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480402126_p0.jpg?v=1763619167","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480402126","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}