{"product_id":"the-night-journal-9780143038573","title":"The Night Journal","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mesmerizing novel of four generations of Southwestern women bound to a mythical legacy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e With its family secrets and hallowed texts containing explosive truths, \u003ci\u003eThe Night Journal\u003c\/i\u003e suggests A. S. Byatt's \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e transplanted to the raw and beautiful landscape of the American Southwest. Meg Mabry has spent her life oppressed by her family's legacy--a heritage beginning with the journals written by her great-grandmother in the 1890s and solidified by her grandmother Bassie, a famous historian who published them to great acclaim. Until now, Meg has stubbornly refused to read the journals. But when she concedes to accompany the elderly and vipertongued Bassie on a return trip to the fabled land of her childhood in New Mexico, Meg finally succumbs to the allure of her great-grandmother's story--and soon everything she believed about her family is turned upside down. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Crook is the author of two previous novels and has been published in anthologies and periodicals such as \u003cb\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSouthwestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e. She has devoted most of the last decade to researching and writing this book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523481342226,"sku":"9780143038573","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35cd74b4-3847-4e6c-9877-bc671d7b11f7.jpg?v=1731148397","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-night-journal-9780143038573","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}