{"product_id":"the-empire-of-dirt-paperback","title":"The Empire of Dirt - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancesca Manfredi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEkin Oklap\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere has always been tension in \"the blind house,\" where Valentina lives with her mother and grandmother in the Italian countryside. Valentina's pious grandmother often hints at a family curse, while Valentina's mother scoffs at superstition; it's one of the battlegrounds on which they fight to control Valentina's upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in the summer of 1996, when Valentina is twelve, she gets her period for the first time--and the curse suddenly becomes frighteningly real. Blood leaks from the walls; the house and farm are overrun with frogs; the kitchen crawls with flies. Valentina is certain that she has brought catastrophe to her house and its inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this propulsive coming-of-age novel, of mother-daughter relationships and painful family legacies, Valentina is forever changed by the events of one terrifying summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764207059232,"sku":"9780393881776","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab57499f98e2d01d45652e1a3f19c007.webp?v=1780245780","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-empire-of-dirt-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}