{"product_id":"strange-children-9781597091169","title":"Strange Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a polygamist commune in the desert, a fourteen-year-old boy and a twelve-year-old girl fall in love and consummate that love, breaking religious law. They are caught, and a year later, she gives birth to his father's child while the boy commits murder four hundred miles away--a crime that will slowly unravel the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold by eight adolescent narrators, this is a story of how people use faith to justify cruelty, and how redemption can come from unexpected places. Though seemingly powerless in the face of their fundamentalist religion, these \"strange children\" shift into the central framework of their world as they come of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoagland, Sadie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSadie Hoagland\u003c\/strong\u003e has a PhD in fiction from the University of Utah and an MA in Creative Writing\/Fiction from UC Davis. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Grief in Four Stages\u003c\/em\u003e, a short story collection published by West Virginia University Press. Her work has also appeared in the\u003cem\u003e Alice Blue Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Black Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Mikrokosmos Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e South Dakota Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Sakura Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Grist Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Oyez Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Passages North\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Five Points\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Fabulist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e South Carolina Review\u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. She is a former editor of \u003cem\u003eQuarterly West\u003c\/em\u003e and currently teaches fiction at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50860560122130,"sku":"9781597091169","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1cfb0265-6493-472f-8997-e1cc8259b8ac.jpg?v=1737577185","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strange-children-9781597091169","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}