{"product_id":"the-seventh-mansion-paperback","title":"The Seventh Mansion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaryse Meijer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2020 Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e's Most Anticipated Books of the Second-Half of 2020, one of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e35 Standout Summer\/Fall 2020 Debut Novels, and one of Shondaland's 11 New Books That Will Change How You Think About the Climate Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRag \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a powerful and propulsive debut novel that examines activism, love, and purpose\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen fifteen-year-old Xie moves from California to a rural Southern town to live with his father he makes just two friends, Jo and Leni, both budding environmental and animal activists. One night, the three friends decide to free captive mink from a local farm. But when Xie is the only one caught his small world gets smaller: Kicked out of high school, he becomes increasingly connected with nature, spending his time in the birch woods behind his house, attending extremist activist meetings, and serving as a custodian for what others ignore, abuse, and discard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the woods alone one night, Xie discovers the relic of a Catholic saint--the martyred Pancratius--in a nearby church. Regal and dressed in ornate armor, the skeleton captivates him. After weeks of visits, Xie steals the skeleton, hides it in his attic bedroom, and develops a complex and passionate relationship with the bones and spirit of the saint, whom he calls P. As Xie's relationship deepens with P., so too does his relationship with the woods--private property that will soon be overrun with loggers. As Xie enacts a plan to save his beloved woods, he must also find a way to balance his conflicting--and increasingly extreme--ideals of purity, sacrifice, and responsibility in order to live in this world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaryse Meijer's \u003ci\u003eThe Seventh Mansion\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving and profoundly original debut novel--both an urgent literary call to arms and an unforgettable coming-of-age story about finding love and selfhood in the face of mass extinction and environmental destruction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaryse Meijer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e, which was one of \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e's 25 Best Short Story Collections of 2016, and \u003ci\u003eRag\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Pick and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e Award for Fiction, as well as the novella \u003ci\u003eNorthwood\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759956361504,"sku":"9780374298463","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ba9d4e31d47eb1466d474bba2b4f44a7.webp?v=1780167162","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-seventh-mansion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}