{"product_id":"act-of-god-9780804169707","title":"Act of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 2015, Brooklyn, and the city is sweltering from another record-breaking heat wave, this one accompanied by biblical rains. Edith, a recently retired legal librarian, and her identical twin sister, Kat, have discovered something ominous in their hall closet: it's shaped like a mushroom, it's phosphorescent, and it's rapidly consuming their wall. But that's only the beginning ... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart suspense, part screwball comedy, Jill Ciment's brilliant novel looks at what happens when our lives--so seemingly set and ordered--break down in the wake of calamity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJILL CIMENT \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Montreal, Canada. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Claims\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories and novellas; the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Law of Falling Bodies, Teeth of the Dog, The Tattoo Artist, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeroic Measures;\u003c\/i\u003e and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, among them a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, two New York Foundation for the Arts fellowships, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, and a Guggenheim fellowship. Ciment is a professor at the University of Florida. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, and Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589800001810,"sku":"9780804169707","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c1e4e36d-d42c-44f6-af44-a4847df143bb.jpg?v=1756807079","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/act-of-god-9780804169707","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}