{"product_id":"sister-creatures-9781961884571","title":"Sister Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForthcoming from the publisher of Chelsea G. Summers' \u003ci\u003eA Certain Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Captivating and sublime... and centered on a cast of women bound to their roots in unexpected ways, this is a book that interchanges the tender and the cruel, the weird and the real, with breathtaking ease.\" -Jinwoo Chong, author of \u003ci\u003eI Leave It Up to You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the muggy, insect-ridden town of Pinecreek, Louisiana, college dropout Tess Lavigne is watching two bickering siblings while their parents are away. Her listless day drinking is interrupted when someone emerges from the woods behind the house. Filthy and feral, the daughter of religious fundamentalists, the girl known in town as Sister Gail convinces Tess to take her in for the night. The strange events of that evening will set the course for Tess's future, and Sister Gail's ultimate fate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, other residents of Pinecreek try to cobble together a future from what little they have, their lives intersecting in small and not-so-small ways. Sisters fight to define independence for themselves (and from each other), while two young women on a bicycling trip wonder what their relationship promises, or threatens. Throughout, a deeply unsettling presence connects the characters to the buried secrets of Pinecreek: the ominous Thea, a malevolent shape-shifting entity whose rage and despair stems from a tragic history of misogyny, maternal loss, and stolen ambitions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs time marches forward, so does Tess, creating a new path for herself while accepting what can never be entirely left behind. At times atmospheric and eerie, and at others all too real, \u003ci\u003eSister Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e is about manufacturing resilience from nothing but the bonds that tie us together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen, Laura Venita:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLaura Venita Green \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and translator with an MFA from Columbia University, where she was an undergraduate teaching fellow. Her fiction won the Story Foundation Prize, received a Pushcart Prize Special Mention, and appears in \u003ci\u003eThe Missouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFatal Flaw\u003c\/i\u003e, and translated to Italian in \u003ci\u003eSpazinclusi\u003c\/i\u003e. Her translations appear in \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Apple Valley Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in San Angelo, TX, she's lived in New Orleans and now lives with her husband in New York City. \u003ci\u003eSister Creatures \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.","brand":"Unnamed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635525452050,"sku":"9781961884571","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9777ef16-a07e-482e-946c-57f0cfd29e57.jpg?v=1759240906","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sister-creatures-9781961884571","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}