{"product_id":"the-red-grove-9780374605810","title":"The Red Grove","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Must-Read by \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] devastating literary thriller.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Spellbinding.\" --\u003ci\u003eAlta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat kind of world might we have, who might we become, if everyone were truly safe? What price would we pay for that kind of freedom?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are secrets beneath every community--even those founded with the purest of intentions--secrets as strong and reaching as the roots that keep us connected to one another and anchored to home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Red Grove\u003c\/i\u003e is a special place, protected. Some say a spell was cast by its founder, Tamsen Nightingale. Some say the mountain lions stalking the nearby hills guard its mysteries and its boundaries. Some say the mighty redwoods keep its people safe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet a man has died on the Red Grove's sacred ground. And Luce's mother, Gloria, has vanished. The Red Grove is Luce's whole world. She is utterly devoted to its mission, its rituals and history. Still, she knows that her mother, frustrated free spirit though she might be, wouldn't just leave without a word, wouldn't leave Luce's little brother, Roo, and their aunt, Gem, whose life and care in a suspended state they call everdream depend on Gloria in every way. But strange things begin to happen as Luce tries to figure out where her mother has gone. Clicks echo out from the trees, flies pound against the windows, and a strange man keeps calling on the phone. The deeper Luce digs, the more she must ask if her beloved home, the women she admires, and the stories they tell might be built on a devastating lie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe debut novel by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, Tessa Fontaine's \u003ci\u003eThe Red Grove\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about mothers, daughters, and sisters, about the dangers of being a woman in this world, and about the flawed, fierce choices we make to protect what we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTessa Fontaine\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of\u003ci\u003e The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing can be found in \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a sideshow performer, a shoe saleswoman, and a professor, and she taught for years in jails and prisons. She cofounded and runs the Accountability Workshops with the writer Annie Hartnett. Raised among the redwoods of Northern California, she now lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband, daughter, goofy dog, and sassy cat.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50576813883666,"sku":"9780374605810","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ada871d6-14f0-45cc-982b-1b096d2c5b7d.jpg?v=1746298753","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-red-grove-9780374605810","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}