{"product_id":"the-night-child-9781982546427","title":"The Night Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eNora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl's face appears above the students' desks--\"a wild numinous face with startling blue eyes, a face floating on top of shapeless drapes of purples and blues where arms and legs should have been. Terror rushes through Nora's body--the kind of raw terror you feel when there's no way out, when every cell in your body, your entire body, is on fire--when you think you might die.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the face appears again. Shaken and unsteady, Nora meets with neurologists and eventually, a psychiatrist. As the story progresses, a terrible secret is discovered--a secret that pushes Nora toward an even deeper psychological breakdown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis breathtaking debut novel examines the impact of traumatic childhood experiences and the fragile line between past and present. Exquisitely nuanced and profoundly intimate, \u003ci\u003eThe Night Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of resilience, hope, and the capacity of the mind, body, and spirit to save itself despite all odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuinn, Anna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Quinn \u003c\/b\u003eowns the Writers' Workshoppe and Imprint Bookstore in Port Townsend, Washington, where she has been named one of the city's Patron of the Arts. She is a published poet and essayist with twenty-six years of experience teaching and leading writing workshops across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50517101052178,"sku":"9781982546427","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_047a45a4-b5c3-4340-b587-78486a9c3f1a.jpg?v=1731031442","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-night-child-9781982546427","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}