{"product_id":"the-bog-wife","title":"The Bog Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the World Fantasy Awards • An Amazon Editors' Pick • \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e, A Best Book of the Year • \u003cem\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/em\u003e, A Best Gothic Novel of the Year • \u003cem\u003eScary Mommy\u003c\/em\u003e, A Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive siblings in West Virginia unearth long-buried secrets when the supernatural bargain entwining their fate with their ancestral land is suddenly ruptured\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince time immemorial, the Haddesley family has tended the cranberry bog. In exchange, the bog sustains them. The staunch seasons of their lives are governed by a strict covenant that is renewed each generation with the ritual sacrifice of their patriarch, and in return, the bog produces a \"bog-wife.\" Brought to life from vegetation, this woman is meant to carry on the family line. But when the bog fails--or refuses--to honor the bargain, the Haddesleys, a group of discordant siblings still grieving the mother who mysteriously disappeared years earlier, face an unknown future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiddle child Wenna, summoned back to the dilapidated family manor just as her marriage is collapsing, believes the Haddesleys must abandon their patrimony. Her siblings are not so easily persuaded. Eldest daughter Eda, de facto head of the household, seeks to salvage the compact by desecrating it. Younger son Percy retreats into the wilderness in a dangerous bid to summon his own bog-wife. And as youngest daughter Nora takes desperate measures to keep her warring siblings together, fledgling patriarch Charlie uncovers a disturbing secret that casts doubt over everything the family has ever believed about itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once a gothic eco-horror, a psychological drama, and a family saga, \u003cem\u003eThe Bog Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is a propulsive read that speaks to what is knowable and unknowable within a family history and how to know when it is time to move forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKay Chronister is the author of \u003cem\u003eThin Places\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDesert Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eClarkesworld\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeneath Ceaseless Skies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere, and has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy awards. She lives outside of Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173479366813,"sku":"9781640097322","price":98.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9781640097322.jpg?v=1763108567","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-bog-wife","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}