{"product_id":"unkindness-of-ghosts-9781617759246","title":"Unkindness of Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003eAster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS \u003cem\u003eMatilda, \u003c\/em\u003e a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot--if she's willing to sow the seeds of civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRivers Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Stanford University with a degree in comparative studies in race and ethnicity and holds an MFA in fiction writing from the Michener Center for Writers. Though originally from the United States, they currently live in Cambridge, England, with their family. \u003cem\u003eAn Unkindness of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is their debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50494537400594,"sku":"9781617759246","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_95be7695-ddd8-4c62-bbc1-7d205b175779.jpg?v=1730666517","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unkindness-of-ghosts-9781617759246","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}