{"product_id":"the-blue-maiden-hardcover","title":"The Blue Maiden - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Noyes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of Indie Next Pick and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003ci\u003eGoodnight, Beautiful Women\u003c\/i\u003e comes a transportive and chilling debut novel of two sisters growing up on an isolated Northern European island in the shadow of their late mother and the Devil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1825, four generations after Berggrund Island's women stood accused of witchcraft under the eye of their priest, now long dead. In his place is Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild young daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, oppositional, increasingly obsessed with the lore and legend of the island's dark past and their absent mother, whom their father refuses to speak of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the girls come of age, and the strictures of the community shift but never wane, their rebellions twist and sharpen. Ever capable Ulrika shoulders the burden of keeping house, while Bea, alone with unsettling visions and impulses, hungers for companionship and attention. When an enigmatic outsider arrives at their door, his presence threatens their family bond and unearths - piece by piece - a buried history to shocking ends. All the while Berggrund's neighboring island The Blue Maiden beckons, storied home of the Witches' Sabbath and Satan's realm, its misted shore veiling truths the sisters have spent their lives searching for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Nordic Gothic laced with the horrors of life in a patriarchy both hostile to and reliant on its women, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e is a starkly beautiful depiction of lost lineage and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Noyes'\u003c\/b\u003e debut collection, \u003ci\u003eGoodnight, Beautiful Women\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Story Prize and the New England Book Award, as well as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice, Indie Next Pick, Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, and Amazon Best Book of the Month. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She has received the Lotos Foundation Prize and the Henfield Prize, as well as residencies from MacDowell, Yaddo, Lighthouse Works, the James Merrill House, and Aspen Words. She lives in New York, on Fishers Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748824383776,"sku":"9780802162809","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f953b6f0fdbebd4d0303cb28a6d7616d.webp?v=1779917246","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-blue-maiden-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}