{"product_id":"the-house-of-deep-water-9780525542360","title":"The House of Deep Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree women learn what it means to come home--and to make peace with the family, love affairs, and memories they'd once left behind--in this stunning and perceptive debut novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRiver Bend, Michigan, is the kind of small town most can't imagine leaving but three women couldn't wait to escape. When each must return--Linda Williams, never sure what she wants; her mother, Paula, always \u003ci\u003etoo\u003c\/i\u003e sure; and Beth DeWitt, one of River Bend's only black daughters, now a mother of two who'd planned to raise her own children anywhere else--their paths collide under Beth's father's roof. As one town struggles to contain all of their love affairs and secrets, a local scandal forces Beth to confront her own devastating past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUniting the voices of mothers and daughters, husbands, lovers, and fathers, this unforgettable debut novel offers both a compulsively readable family story and a riveting portrait of small-town America today. With wisdom, humor, and exceptional heart, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Deep Water \u003c\/i\u003eexplores motherhood, trauma, love, loss, and new beginnings found in that most unlikely place: home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeni McFarland\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Houston, where she was a fiction editor at \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an alum of Tin House, a 2016 Kimbilio Fellow, and has had short fiction published in \u003ci\u003eCrack the Spine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForge\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpry\u003c\/i\u003e, which nominated her for the storySouth Million Writers Award. She was also a finalist for the 2015 Gertrude Stein Writers Award in Fiction from the \u003ci\u003eDoctor T. J. Eckleburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She has lived in Michigan and the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two cats. \u003ci\u003eThe House of Deep Water\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52000283558162,"sku":"9780525542360","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aaddef5a-58f1-4ae6-8f05-5609da1d5a9f.jpg?v=1770192712","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-house-of-deep-water-9780525542360","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}