{"product_id":"josie-and-jack-9780618441433","title":"Josie and Jack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHRILLINGLY DANGEROUS, WORRYINGLY LIKEABLE: SOME SIBLINGS ARE BETTER KEPT APART \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eNOW A FILM, DIRECTED BY SARAH LANCASTER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beautiful, brilliant, and inseparable, Josie and Jack Raeburn live a secluded, anarchic existence in their decaying western Pennsylvania home. The only adult in their lives is their rage-prone father, a physicist, whose erratic behavior finally drives them away. Without a moral compass to guide them, Jack leads Josie into a menacing world of wealth, eroticism, and betrayal. His sociopathic tendencies emerge, and soon Josie must decide which is stronger: the love and devotion she feels for her brother or her will to survive.\u003cp\u003eFrom its opening page to its shocking climax, this contemporary Hansel and Gretel story is compulsively readable and hugely entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBraffet, Kelly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kelly Braffet is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSave Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJosie and Jack\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLast Seen Leaving\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unwilling\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVulture.com\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Fairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePost Road, \u003c\/i\u003e and several anthologies. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University and currently lives in upstate New York.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326521905426,"sku":"9780618441433","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef2fa799-0b98-4776-8ae1-83ea556f5e7f.jpg?v=1727703354","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/josie-and-jack-9780618441433","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}