{"product_id":"the-last-september-9781616206093","title":"The Last September","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Christie Affair, \u003c\/i\u003ethe new February Reese's Book Club Pick and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e instant bestseller: \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA riveting \"literary whodunit\" about a strained marriage and an unsolved murder. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brett has been in love with her husband, Charlie, from the day she laid eyes on him in college. When he is found murdered, Brett is devastated. But if she is honest with herself, their marriage had been hanging by a thread for quite some time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All clues point to Charlie's mentally ill brother, Eli, but any number of people might have been driven to kill Charlie─a handsome, charismatic man who unwittingly damaged almost every life he touched. Brett is determined to understand how such a tragedy could have happened─and whether she was somehow complicit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in the desolate autumn beauty of Cape Cod, this riveting emotional puzzle explores the psyche of a woman facing down the meaning of love and loyalty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Impossible to put down . . . With an artist's eye and a poet's heart, de Gramont realizes a world of love, mystery, and the shattering sorrow of mental illness, deceit, hope, and lives cut short.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Gramont, Nina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNina de Gramont\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eOf Cats and Men\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Book Sense selection and won a Discovery Award from the New England Booksellers Association. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eGossip of the Starlings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e was also a Book Sense pick. She is the coeditor of an anthology called \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of several young adult novels. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Find her at www.ninadegramont.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51199638470930,"sku":"9781616206093","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b05f86ff-c83e-4527-95d0-496473b38e13.jpg?v=1744880865","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-september-9781616206093","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}