{"product_id":"9781771484213","title":"The Bone Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003eLONG-LISTED FOR THE 2017 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Demchuk gracefully pieces together a dark and shining mosaic of a story with unforgettable imagery and elegant, evocative prose. These stories read like beautiful and brutal nightmares, sharply disquieting, and are made all the more terrifying by the history in which they’re grounded.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree neighboring villages on the Ukrainian\/Romanian border are the final refuge for the last of the mythical creatures of Eastern Europe. Now, on the eve of the war that may eradicate their kind—and with the ruthless Night Police descending upon their sanctuary—they tell their stories and confront their destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEerie and unsettling like the best fairy tales, these incisor-sharp portraits of ghosts, witches, sirens, and seers—and the mortals who live at their side and in their thrall—will chill your marrow and tear at your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Demchuk\u003c\/b\u003e has been writing for theatre, film, television, radio, and other media for more than thirty years. His reviews, essays, interviews and columns have appeared in such magazines as \u003ci\u003eToronto Life, Xtra, What! Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e , and the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e . \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Mother \u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ChiZine Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032381079792,"sku":"9781771484213","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771484213_p0.jpg?v=1763707497","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771484213","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}