{"product_id":"a-real-daughter-lynne-mckelvey-9780997247251","title":"A Real Daughter","description":"When her infant daughter Sarah unexpectedly dies, Claire, feeling blame, reinvents herself as a landscape gardener in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Claire imagines Sarah still alive, marking her birthdays, Christmas, first day of school-as if Sarah never died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRemarrying, Claire acquires a step-daughter, eight-year-old Mandy-about the age Sarah would be had she lived. Part vamp, part jealous, bossy and troubled, Mandy is nothing like Sarah, who still lives on in Claire's imagination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Claire lives two lives-one real, one imagined-the clash between the two daughters threatens to destroy her, releasing the demons she has managed, so far, to hold at bay. As the story hurtles towards its harrowing conclusion, Claire must choose between her new life and her haunted past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A Real Daughter is the real thing: a compelling, psychologically astute inquiry into the seismic shifts of one, uneasily blending California family haunted by the past.\" - Cristina Garcia, novelist, \u003ci\u003eDreaming in Cuban\u003c\/i\u003e, National Book Award finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Has a Maupassant quality of horror artfully restrained-until it isn't... Masterful writing and storytelling... Deeply unnerving.\" - Hilary Reyl, novelist, \u003ci\u003eLessons in French\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The writing is luscious and chilling. Expect to be afraid-and then horrified.\" - Mary Morrissey, novelist, \u003ci\u003eMother of Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e, Lannan Literary Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynne McKelvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997247258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997247251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Savant Books \u0026amp; Publications LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Lynne McKelvey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063737315583,"sku":"9780997247251","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_993f7d24-1e0a-4c76-b856-f310daff342a.jpg?v=1685391348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-real-daughter-lynne-mckelvey-9780997247251","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}