{"product_id":"rouge-9781982169701","title":"Rouge","description":"\u003cb\u003eA National Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e Choice Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Good Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eBunny\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"Grimm Brothers fairy tale for the modern age\" (\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"darkly funny horror novel\" (\u003ci\u003eNYLON\u003c\/i\u003e) about a lonely young woman who's drawn to a cult-like spa in the wake of her mother's mysterious death. \"Surreal, scary and deeply moving--like all the best fairy tales\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, and more!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother's considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother's demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of \u003ci\u003eLa Maison de Méduse\u003c\/i\u003e, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother's) obsession with the mirror--and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnow White \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e in this surreal descent into the dark side of beauty, envy, grief, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror, \u003ci\u003eRouge\u003c\/i\u003e explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry--as well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals, \u003ci\u003eRouge\u003c\/i\u003e holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMona Awad is the bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eRouge, All's Well, Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a three-time finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award, the recipient of an Amazon Best First Novel Award, and she was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. \u003ci\u003eBunny\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for a New England Book Award and was named a Best Book of 2019 by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and the New York Public Library. It is currently being developed for film with Bad Robot Productions. \u003ci\u003eRouge \u003c\/i\u003eis being adapted for film by Fremantle and Sinestra. Margaret Atwood named Awad her \"literary heir\" in\u003ci\u003e The New York Times'\u003c\/i\u003es\u003ci\u003e T Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches fiction in the creative writing program at Syracuse University and is based in Boston.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"S\u0026s\/ Marysue Rucci Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573935280402,"sku":"9781982169701","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02cee666-e15b-46e1-918b-a894ee3050c8.jpg?v=1769532224","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rouge-9781982169701","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}