{"product_id":"beheld-9781635576559","title":"Beheld","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Fiction Book of 2020\u003cbr\u003eMost Anticipated Books of 2020 -- \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMedium\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHonoree for the 2021 Society of Midland Authors Prize\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Ohioana Book Award in fiction\u003cbr\u003eA Massachusetts Book Awards \"Must Read Book\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wives of Los Alamos \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the riveting story of a stranger's arrival in the fledgling colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts--and a crime that shakes the divided community to its core. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen years after the Mayflower pilgrims arrived on rocky, unfamiliar soil, Plymouth is not the land its residents had imagined. Seemingly established on a dream of religious freedom, in reality the town is led by fervent puritans who prohibit the residents from living, trading, and worshipping as they choose. By the time an unfamiliar ship, bearing new colonists, appears on the horizon one summer morning, Anglican outsiders have had enough. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith gripping, immersive details and exquisite prose, TaraShea Nesbit reframes the story of the pilgrims in the previously unheard voices of two women of very different status and means. She evokes a vivid, ominous Plymouth, populated by famous and unknown characters alike, each with conflicting desires and questionable behavior. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuspenseful and beautifully wrought, \u003ci\u003eBeheld\u003c\/i\u003e is about a murder and a trial, and the motivations--personal and political--that cause people to act in unsavory ways. It is also an intimate portrait of love, motherhood, and friendship that asks: Whose stories get told over time, who gets believed--and subsequently, who gets punished?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaraShea Nesbit\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wives of Los Alamos\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a national bestseller, a finalist for the PEN\/Bingham Prize, and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice, among other accolades. Her writing has been featured in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Fourth Genre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is an associate professor in the creative writing program at Miami University and lives in southwestern Ohio with her family\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671358247186,"sku":"9781635576559","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2984eb7-16e3-467f-80fd-12255e5f6671.jpg?v=1733799478","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beheld-9781635576559","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}