{"product_id":"the-night-country","title":"The night country","description":"\u003cb\u003eA ghost story that begins in everday tragedy, from a distinctly American master of both forms: a \"scary, sad, funny . . . mesmerizing read\" (Stephen King) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Midnight on Halloween in a cloistered New England suburb, a car carrying five teenagers leaves a winding road and slams into a tree, killing three of them. One escapes unharmed, another suffers severe brain damage. A year later, summoned by the memories of those closest to them, the three that died come back on a last chilling mission among the living.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA strange and unsettling ghost story in the tradition of Ray Bradbury and Shirley Jackson, \u003ci\u003eThe Night Country\u003c\/i\u003e creeps through the leaf-strewn streets and quiet cul-de-sacs of one bedroom community, reaching into the desperately connected yet isolated lives of three people changed forever by the accident: Tim, who survived yet lost everything; Brooks, the cop whose guilty secret has destroyed his life; and Kyle's mom, trying to love the new son the doctors returned to her. As the day wanes and darkness falls, one of them puts a terrible plan into effect, and they find themselves caught in a collision of need and desire, watched over by the knowing ghosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacabre and moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Night Country\u003c\/i\u003e elevates every small town's bad high school crash into myth, finding the deeper human truth beneath a shared and very American tragedy. As in his highly-prized \u003ci\u003eSnow Angels\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for the Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, once again Stewart O'Nan gives us an intimate look at people trying to hold on to hope, and the consequences when they fail. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9780374222154-001","offer_id":43877184766013,"sku":"9780374222154-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/5902953482321.jpg?v=1792781324","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-night-country","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}