{"product_id":"the-changeling-9781590301944","title":"The Changeling","description":"Here, the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Pagan Nun \u003c\/i\u003e takes us to fourteenth-century Ireland for a strange and luminous tale of the elusive nature of identity and of triumph in adversity. \u003ci\u003eThe Changeling \u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Grey, a peasant girl who is raised as a boy, and who, until adolescence, never doubts herself to be male. The revelation of her womanhood marks the beginning of her journey through a succession of changing identities--including son, wife, warrior, and mother--each of which brings its own special wisdom, but none of which, she discovers, can ultimately define her. In the course of her adventurous life, Grey deals with all the challenges of her tumultuous age--from political oppression to corrupt Church hierarchy to the horrors of the Black Death--ultimately finding peace and a kind of redemption by embracing the beautifully impermanent quality of identity that her unusual life has enabled her to understand. (Previously published in hardcover as \u003ci\u003eThe Changeling of Finnistuath \u003c\/i\u003e.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate Horsley lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and teaches creative writing at Central New Mexico Community College. A poet as well as a novelist, Horsley has a PhD in American Studies and has published five novels. Her book \u003ci\u003eA Killing in a New Town\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the 1996 Western States Book Award for Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50357303083282,"sku":"9781590301944","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_37c88276-1bd2-48ca-8cbd-27acb3b67469.jpg?v=1728322296","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-changeling-9781590301944","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}