{"product_id":"9781250866837","title":"Wild Spaces - Coney, S. L.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eWild Spaces\u003c\/u\u003e by Coney, S. L.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Trade Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Tor.com, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNominated for the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Esquire Best of Horror 2023 pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Without question, one of the most beautifully written books I’ve read this year.\"―The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Can a horror story be beautiful? Wild Spaces tells a terrible truth in the most achingly beautiful way.\"―Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert R. McCammon’s Boy’s Life meets Lovecraftian horror in this foreboding, sensual coming-of-age debut in which the corrosive nature of family secrets and toxic relatives assume eldritch proportions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn eleven-year-old boy lives an idyllic childhood exploring the remote coastal plains and wetlands of South Carolina alongside his parents and his dog Teach. But when the boy’s eerie and estranged grandfather shows up one day with no warning, cracks begin to form as hidden secrets resurface that his parents refuse to explain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe longer his grandfather outstays his welcome and the greater the tension between the adults grows, the more the boy feels something within him changing ―physically―into something his grandfather welcomes and his mother fears. Something abyssal. Something monstrous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor.com, 2023","offers":[{"title":"Wild Spaces \/ Very Good","offer_id":50310644138276,"sku":"9781250866837VG","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_5f5d33cb-fb37-44ae-a791-ef279e359f2f.jpg?v=1781790328","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9781250866837","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}