{"product_id":"this-cursed-house-9780593639528","title":"This Cursed House","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Horror Books of 2024\u003cbr\u003eOne of Crime Reads' Best Gothic Novels of 2024 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth: They're under a curse, and they think she can break it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fall of 1962, twenty-seven-year-old Jemma Barker is desperate to escape her life in Chicago--and the spirits she has always been able to see. When she receives an unexpected job offer from the Duchon family in New Orleans, she accepts, thinking it is her chance to start over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Jemma discovers that the Duchon family isn't what it seems. Light enough to pass as white, the Black family members look down on brown-skinned Jemma. Their tenuous hold on reality extends to all the members of their eccentric clan, from haughty grandmother Honorine to beautiful yet inscrutable cousin Fosette. And soon the shocking truth comes out: The Duchons are under a curse. And they think Jemma has the power to break it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Jemma wrestles with the gift she's run from all her life, she unravels deeper and more disturbing secrets about the mysterious Duchons. Secrets that stretch back over a century. Secrets that bind her to their fate if she fails.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDel Sandeen\u003c\/b\u003e lives in northeast Florida, where she works as a copy editor and writes speculative fiction. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eFIYAH: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNightlight\u003c\/i\u003e podcast, and \u003ci\u003eGay Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThis Cursed House \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel. She can be found on X @DelSandeen.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874883801362,"sku":"9780593639528","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_16d5cae5-258c-41a2-a326-5cac4e85c8e5.jpg?v=1754898994","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-cursed-house-9780593639528","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}