{"product_id":"let-the-dark-flower-blossom-paperback","title":"Let the Dark Flower Blossom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNorah Labiner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Norah Labiner: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA splendid, leisurely meditation on the meaning of fame, identity, and love.--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabiner, narrating in several distinct and haunting voices, proves herself a metafictional adept. She succeeds in crafting an ambitious, poignant and sharp-tongued novel filled with secrets and ghosts, jealousy and love.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheldon and Eloise Schell are twins, orphans, and the estranged college companions of the rich, scandalous, celebrated Roman Stone. Now Roman is dead, murdered with a pair of scissors in his living room, and Eloise and Sheldon must separately tease out the secrets--a burning house, a murdered girl--that were the one story they could never tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between the muffled plush of wintry Chicago, the fogbound darkness of a Lake Superior island, and the even darker precincts of memory, \u003ci\u003eLet the Dark Flower Blossom\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about the pull of the closed door. It is about the small pleasure of being right, the tremendous thrill of doing wrong, and the lengths writers will go to--lie, steal, kill--to get the perfect story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorah Labiner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three novels: \u003ci\u003eOur Sometime Sister\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMiniatures\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGerman for Travelers\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Minnesota Book Award for Literary Fiction and fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been recognized by the American Library Association, the Jewish Book Council, and the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorah Labiner \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of three novels: \u003ci\u003eOur Sometime Sister, Miniatures, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGerman for Travelers.\u003c\/i\u003e She has received a Minnesota Book Award for Literary Fiction, as well as fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been recognized by the American Library Association, the Jewish Book Council, and the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 349\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minnesota Book Award (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771489091872,"sku":"9781566893206","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f0f584872e15631948d3e1aff84e400b.webp?v=1780387493","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/let-the-dark-flower-blossom-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}