{"product_id":"9781596928718","title":"The Housekeeper","description":"\u003cp\u003eA chilling, literary novel about a nomadic young woman who becomes tangled in the stories of her past and the search for a wild boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeenage runaway Jamie Hall – entrapped by circumstance and poverty – seems incapable of escaping the mountain-and-valley watershed that was the birthplace of her maternal grandparents. Working as a housekeeper for Margaret, a retired photographer who leaves behind a pictorial chronicle of the valley’s history, Jamie finds herself trapped in a town–and amongst a group of locals–unable to shake the relentless grip of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s an ancient postmaster who lives through his memories of Jamie’s grandmother, the woman he loved but who was never his. There’s Galen, an ex-con who falls in love with Jamie, and who finds himself threatened by Harlan, a childhood friend who has become a murderous poacher. And then there’s the wild boy tied to a tree. When Jamie sets him free, she unintentionally involves both Galen and Harlan in a fatal chase and unleashes a force of evil that will haunt her for the rest of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an unforgettable cast of characters and gorgeous, piercing prose, \u003cb\u003eThe Housekeeper\u003c\/b\u003e is at once a poetic meditation on landscape and a page-turning thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MacAdam\/Cage Publishing, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129719505136,"sku":"9781596928718","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781596928718_p0.jpg?v=1763814200","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781596928718","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}