{"product_id":"five-roses-paperback","title":"Five Roses - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Zorn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e2017 Evergreen Award, Forest of Reading -- Nominated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sister. A baby. A man who watches from the trees.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFara and her husband buy a house with a disturbing history that reawakens memories of her own family tragedy. Maddy still lives in the house, once a hippie commune, where her daughter was kidnapped twenty-seven years ago. Rose grew up isolated with her mother in the backwoods north of Montreal. Now in the city, she questions the silence and deception that shaped her upbringing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFara, Maddy, and Rose meet in Montreal's historic Pointe St-Charles, a rundown neighbourhood on the cusp of gentrification. Against a backdrop of abandonment, loss, and revitalization, the women must confront troubling secrets in order to rebuild their lives.Zorn deftly interweaves the rich yet fragile lives of three very different people into a story of strength and friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Zorn is the author of \u003ci\u003eArrhythmia\u003c\/i\u003e and a book of short fiction, \u003ci\u003eRuins \u0026amp; Relics\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2009 Quebec Writers' Federation First Book Prize. She has twice placed first in \u003ci\u003ePrairie Fire\u003c\/i\u003e's Fiction Contest. She lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760717594912,"sku":"9781459734241","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/05d8b7fbaa5e8316edb6e25153198f26.webp?v=1780187906","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/five-roses-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}