{"product_id":"visitation-street-9780062249906","title":"Visitation Street","description":"\u003cp\u003eChosen by Dennis Lehane for his eponymous imprint, Ivy Pochoda's \u003cem\u003eVisitation Street\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting literary mystery set against the rough-hewn backdrop of the New York waterfront in Red Hook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's summertime in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blue-collar dockside neighborhood. June and Val, two fifteen-year-olds, take a raft out onto the bay at night to see what they can see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then they disappear. Only Val will survive, washed ashore; semi-conscious in the weeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis shocking event will echo through the lives of a diverse cast of Red Hook residents. Fadi, the Lebanese bodega owner, hopes that his shop will be the place to share neighborhood news and troll for information about June's disappearance. Cree, just beginning to pull it together after his father's murder, unwittingly makes himself the chief suspect, but an enigmatic and elusive guardian is determined to keep him safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVal contends with the shadow of her missing friend and a truth she buries deep inside. Her teacher Jonathan, a Julliard School dropout and barfly, wrestles with dashed dreams and a past riddled with tragic sins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePochoda, Ivy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIvy Pochoda\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Disappearing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVisitation Street\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWonder Valley\u003c\/em\u003e, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and winner of the Strand Critics Award\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555935031570,"sku":"9780062249906","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_099cae02-3076-4e9c-90cb-2ac1b4d431ea.jpg?v=1731745245","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/visitation-street-9780062249906","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}