{"product_id":"half-spent-was-the-night-a-witches-yuletide-9780735275669","title":"Half Spent Was the Night: A Witches' Yuletide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBeloved author Ami McKay is back, bringing us a magical follow-up in the tradition of Victorian winter tales to her mesmerizing bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Witches of New York\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the nights between Christmas and New Year's, the witches of New York--Adelaide Thom, Eleanor St. Clair and the youngest, Beatrice Dunn--gather before the fire to tell ghost stories and perform traditional Yuletide divinations. (Did you know that roasting chestnuts was once used to foretell one's fate?) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the witches roast chestnuts and melt lead to see their fate, a series of odd messengers land on their doorstep bearing invitations for a New Year's Eve masquerade hosted by a woman they've never met. Gossip, dreams and portents follow, leading the witches to question the woman's motives. Is she as benevolent as she seems or is she laying a trap? And so, as Gilded-Age New York prepares to ring in the new year, the witches don their finery and head for the ball, on the hunt for answers that might well be the end of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMI McKAY is the author of three bestselling novels\u003ci\u003e--The Birth House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin Cure\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Witches of New York--\u003c\/i\u003eas well as the novella, \u003ci\u003eHalf Spent Was the Night.\u003c\/i\u003e Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eBefore My Time\u003c\/i\u003e (originally titled \u003ci\u003eDaughter of Family G\u003c\/i\u003e), was named a CBC Best Book of 2019. McKay is also a playwright, composer, and essayist. Her non-fiction work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eElle Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Independent, Canadian Living, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChatelaine. \u003c\/i\u003eBorn and raised in the Midwest, she now lives in Nova Scotia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523713208594,"sku":"9780735275669","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9ed881a5-97b9-47b0-ac5d-7e64b67bb5ef.jpg?v=1731164044","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/half-spent-was-the-night-a-witches-yuletide-9780735275669","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}