{"product_id":"hemlock-melissa-faliveno-9780316588201","title":"Hemlock","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e's Must Read Books of Winter 2026 Most Anticipated in Autostraddle, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and Debutiful Book Riot's Best Queer Books of January 2026 Debutiful's Best Debut Books of the Year (So Far)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman haunted by a dark inheritance returns to the woods where her mother vanished, in this queer Gothic novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSam, finally sober and stable with a cat and a long-term boyfriend in Brooklyn, returns alone to Hemlock, her family's deteriorating cabin deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods. But a quick, practical trip takes a turn for the worse when the rot and creak of the forest starts to creep in around the edges of Sam's mind. It starts, as it always does, with a beer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Sam dips back into the murky waters of dependency, the inexplicable begins to arrive at her door and her body takes on a strange new shape. As the borders of reality begin to blur, she senses she is battling something sinister--whether nested in the woods or within herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHemlock \u003c\/i\u003eis a carnal coming-of-addiction, a dark sparkler about rapture, desire, transformation, and transcendence in many forms. What lives at the heart of fear--animal, monster, or man? How can we reject our own inheritance, the psychic storm that's been coming for generations, and rebuild a new home for ourselves? In the tradition of Han Kang's \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHemlock \u003c\/i\u003eis a butch \u003ci\u003eBlack Swan\u003c\/i\u003e and a novel of singular style, with all the edginess of a survival story and a simmering menace that glints from the very periphery of the page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Faliveno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316588202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316588201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Melissa Faliveno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173766996223,"sku":"9780316588201","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hemlock-melissa-faliveno-9780316588201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}