{"product_id":"edith-holler-9780593188903","title":"Edith Holler","description":"\u003cb\u003eNPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse--and the mysterious figure who threatens the theater's very survival \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1901. England's beloved queen has died, and her aging son has finally taken the throne. In the eastern city of Norwich, bright and inquisitive young Edith Holler spends her days among the boisterous denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave its confines. Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, she decides to write a play of her own: a stage adaptation of the legend of Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy known as Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar, imposing woman named Margaret Unthank, heir to the actual Beetle Spread fortune, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play--the one thing that's truly hers--from the newcomer's sinister designs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTeeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by the author's trademark fantastical illustrations, \u003ci\u003eEdith Holler \u003c\/i\u003eis a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman's struggle to escape her family's control--and to reveal inconvenient truths about the way children are used.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Carey \u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist, visual artist, and playwright. His previous novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Swallowed Man \u003c\/i\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice), \u003ci\u003eLittle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlva \u0026amp; Irva\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eObservatory Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e, and an acclaimed series for young adults, the Iremonger Trilogy. Born in England, he now teaches at the University of Texas in Austin, where he lives with his wife, Elizabeth McCracken, and their family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592385433874,"sku":"9780593188903","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_91869f02-242d-40b5-b8d2-b5fba12edd40.jpg?v=1732103477","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/edith-holler-9780593188903","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}