{"product_id":"the-dig-9781640096042","title":"The Dig","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen Sarajevo-born siblings Antonia and Paul join a wealthy Midwestern family in the 1990s, a series of events with deadly consequences is set in motion. Now, with her career on the line and her brother missing, Antonia must race against the clock to confront long-buried family secrets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAntonia King has a complicated relationship with the past. She and her brother were found amid the rubble of a bombed-out apartment in Sarajevo and taken in by a family of contractors in Thebes, Minnesota. Eager to escape the constraints of her adopted town, Antonia embarks on a high-powered legal career. But it isn't long before her brother's mysterious disappearance pulls her back home. There, over the course of a single day, Antonia unearths decades of secrets and lies, leading to shocking revelations about her adoptive family--and the sinister truth behind her biological mother's death--that will alter the course of her life and change her definition of family forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInformed by timely issues of immigration, capitalism, and justice, yet timeless in its themes of love, identity, and competing loyalties, \u003ci\u003eThe Dig\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired by the Greek tragedy Antigone, portrays a woman at odds with her history, forced to choose between her own ambitions and her loyalty to her beloved, idealistic brother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANNE BURT\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of\u003ci\u003e My Father Married Your Mother: Dispatches from the Blended Family \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor, with Christina Baker Kline, of \u003ci\u003eAbout Face: Women Write About What They See When They Look in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays and fiction have appeared in numerous publications and venues, including \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e; she is a past winner of Meridian's Editors' Prize in Fiction. Anne lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50534092865810,"sku":"9781640096042","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20559777-763f-42ec-80cf-52221f386e78.jpg?v=1731422606","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dig-9781640096042","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}