{"product_id":"magdalena-9781646033348","title":"Magdalena","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully written and satisfyingly creepy, this is one of the most poignant and original ghost stories I've ever read.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMark Haskell Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eBlown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a small, secluded town that thrives on gossip and superstition, Dottie offers plenty of both when the scandal breaks about a missing girl, a ghost, and the affair that started it all. Having suffered a history of miscarriages, reclusive Dottie develops a strange motherly interest in her 15-year-old neighbor, Magdalena. Somewhere between fantasy and reality, Dottie finds new life in her relationship with the mysterious girl. But Dottie's entanglements with Magdalena, a curious centenarian, a compelling stranger, an ex-mobster, and a murder of crows thrusts this once cloistered woman into a frenzy of public scrutiny. To quell the rumors, Dottie puts pen to paper and discovers something as frightening as it is liberating--her voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCandi Sary's \u003c\/b\u003eprevious novel \u003ci\u003eBlack Crow White Lie\u003c\/i\u003e won Reader Views Literary Award, a CIBA, and was First Runner-Up in the Eric Hoffer Book Award. A mother of two adult children, she lives in Southern California with her husband, a dog, a cat, and several ducks.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Regal House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648360190226,"sku":"9781646033348","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_321f0587-8b78-4fd8-8a8c-08e99a5c4ea0.jpg?v=1733240743","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/magdalena-9781646033348","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}