{"product_id":"cardinal-sins-t-b-wittkofsky-9781957893648","title":"Cardinal Sins","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the cardinals begin tapping on windows, the town learns to keep the curtains closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a quiet North Carolina mountain community shaped by loss, red birds arrive as omens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey knock. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey wait. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when a window is opened, they take something in return. A name. A memory. A piece of grief that refuses to loosen its hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of her husband and the death of his wife, one woman and one man become entangled in a system older than superstition and more organized than faith. The cardinals are not symbols. They are ferrymen, couriers, and agents of a strange bureaucracy that moves between life and death, offering relief at a cost no one can fully measure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome open their windows willingly. Others refuse and learn to live with the weight. Most are left wondering whether forgetting is mercy or betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the town adapts, rituals form. Windows are covered. Latches are reinforced. Stories circulate to soften the fear. But grief does not follow rules, and neither do the birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in lyrical, precise prose, \u003cem\u003eCardinal Sins\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary exploration of mourning, consent, memory, and the quiet negotiations people make to survive loss. It is a book about what we choose to carry, what we let go, and the fragile line between remembrance and release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. B. Wittkofsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1957893648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957893648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tbw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"T. B. Wittkofsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520233779455,"sku":"9781957893648","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b503e8d3-04f3-41d6-970d-1a2862834b6d.jpg?v=1778741538","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cardinal-sins-t-b-wittkofsky-9781957893648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}