{"product_id":"comfort-me-with-apples-9781250816214","title":"Comfort Me with Apples","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComfort Me With Apples\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrifying new thriller from bestseller Catherynne M. Valente, for fans of \u003ci\u003eGone Girl \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpinning Silver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Shirley Jackson Award finalist!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Locus Award finalist!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is perfect. Everything is perfect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's just that he's away so much. So often. He works so hard. She misses him. And he misses her. He says he does, so it must be true. He is the perfect husband and everything is perfect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut sometimes Sophia wonders about things. Strange things. Dark things. The look on her husband's face when he comes back from a long business trip. The questions he will not answer. The locked basement she is never allowed to enter. And whenever she asks the neighbors, they can't quite meet her gaze.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut everything is perfect. Isn't it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherynne M. Valente\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of over two dozen works of fiction and poetry, including \u003ci\u003ePalimpsest\u003c\/i\u003e, the Orphan's Tales series, \u003ci\u003eDeathless\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRadiance\u003c\/i\u003e, and the crowdfunded phenomenon \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making\u003c\/i\u003e (and the four books that followed it). She is the winner of the Andre Norton, Tiptree, Sturgeon, Eugie Foster Memorial, Mythopoeic, Rhysling, Lambda, Locus, and Hugo awards, as well as the Prix Imaginales. Valente has also been a finalist for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. She lives on an island off the coast of Maine with a small but growing menagerie of beasts, some of which are human. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFind out more on her website and on Twitter!\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607820112146,"sku":"9781250816214","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_848e61aa-4fd9-4339-b554-f2bb6095623c.jpg?v=1732314362","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/comfort-me-with-apples-9781250816214","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}