{"product_id":"model-home-hardcover","title":"Model Home - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRivers Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous \u003ci\u003eModel Home\u003c\/i\u003e, a new kind of haunted-house novel. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When their family moved there, they were the only Black family in the neighborhood. The neighbors acted nice enough, but right away bad things, scary things--the strange and the unexplainable--began to happen in their house. Maybe it was some cosmic trial, a demonic rite of passage into the upper-middle class. Whatever it was, the Maxwells, steered by their formidable mother, stayed put, unwilling to abandon their home, terrors and trauma be damned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs adults, the siblings could finally get away from the horrors of home, leaving their parents all alone in the house. But when news of their parents' death arrives, Ezri is forced to return to Texas with their sisters, Eve and Emanuelle, to reckon with their family's past and present, and to find out what happened while they were away. It was not a \"natural\" death for their parents . . . but was it supernatural? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRivers Solomon turns the haunted-house story on its head, unearthing the dark legacies of segregation and racism in the suburban American South. Unbridled, raw, and daring, \u003ci\u003eModel Home\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of secret histories uncovered, and of a queer family battling for their right to live, grieve, and heal amid the terrors of contemporary American life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRivers Solomon \u003c\/b\u003ewrites about life in the margins, where they are much at home. In addition to appearing on the Stonewall Honor List and winning a Firecracker Award, Solomon's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eAn Unkindness of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for Lambda, Hurston\/Wright, Otherwise (formerly Tiptree), and Locus Awards. Solomon's second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the Hugo-nominated song by the Daveed Diggs-fronted hip-hop group clipping, was the winner of the 2020 Lambda Award and was short-listed for the Nebula, Locus, Hugo, Ignyte, Brooklyn Library Literary, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. Their work appears in \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTor.com\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Horror and Dark Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A refugee of the transatlantic slave trade, Solomon was born on Turtle Island but currently resides on an isle in an archipelago off the western coast of the Eurasian continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 8.52 x 5.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752869167392,"sku":"9780374607135","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ec120acda13436b482b3d20c047be1c1.webp?v=1780006361","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/model-home-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}