{"product_id":"9781627797634","title":"Marlena","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e NPR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNYLON\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnes\u0026amp;Noble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen for the Book of the Month Club, Nylon Book Club, and Belletrist Book Club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed an Indie Next Pick and a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarnes and Noble Discover Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of two girls and the wild year that will cost one her life, and define the other’s for decades\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything about fifteen-year-old Cat’s new town in rural Michigan is lonely and off-kilter until she meets her neighbor, the manic, beautiful, pill-popping Marlena. Cat is quickly drawn into Marlena’s orbit and as she catalogues a litany of firsts—first drink, first cigarette, first kiss, first pill—Marlena’s habits harden and calcify. Within the year, Marlena is dead, drowned in six inches of icy water in the woods nearby. Now, decades later, when a ghost from that pivotal year surfaces unexpectedly, Cat must try again to move on, even as the memory of Marlena calls her back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Told in a haunting dialogue between past and present, \u003ci\u003eMarlena\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story of the friendships that shape us beyond reason and the ways it might be possible to pull oneself back from the brink.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166955487472,"sku":"9781627797634","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781627797634_p0.jpg?v=1769905606","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781627797634","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}