{"product_id":"stranger-from-across-the-sea-9781963101010","title":"Stranger from Across the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStranger from Across the Sea \u003c\/i\u003eis the new novel from acclaimed author Regina McBride. It's a thrilling mystery with a depth of sensation that verges on the supernatural. \u003ci\u003eStranger from Across the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e examines the powerful relationships that occur between women, best friends, mothers and daughters, their joys and secrets, their longing and sometimes dangerous jealousy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a teenager, Violet O'Halloran spent a summer at a Catholic boarding school in Northern Ireland, emptied of all other students but one: Indira Sharma, a blind girl from India with an extraordinary story. The beautiful but ultimately catastrophic friendship that formed between the two girls would go on to haunt Violet for years. \u003cp\u003eA decade later, Violet meets an Irishman, Emmett Fitzroy, at a party in New York City and is swept into an intense romance that brings her back to Ireland. While there, she unearths the stunning answers to mysteries left unresolved when Indira vanished from her life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles, \u003ci\u003eStranger from Across the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e explores place, displacement, and exile and the ways in which the personal and the political are inseparable. At its heart, this is a story about a passionate friendship between two singular young women, one that transcends the limits of time and distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStranger from Across the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is Regina McBride's fifth novel. She is also the author of a book of poetry and, most recently, a memoir, \u003ci\u003eGhost Songs\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Water and Air\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Booksense pick (Independent Book Stores selection), a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers book, and a Borders Original Voices choice. It was optioned for a film. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, she lives in New York City where she teaches creative writing and fiction writing at Hunter College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Green City Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543091482898,"sku":"9781963101010","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0a4c7181-a834-439f-b987-e58ae776eae2.jpg?v=1731501173","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stranger-from-across-the-sea-9781963101010","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}