{"product_id":"ring-ribbon-tether-and-trap-brian-j-welch-9798900520490","title":"Ring, Ribbon, Tether, and Trap","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSophia's earliest memory is her death. She remembers the quiet of the end and the creeping, panicked suspicion that something precious was missing. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophia is 23 years old . . . or 2,397, depending on how you look at it. She recalls every life she's lived. It's a strange and often lonely existence, but at least she has her adopted family: five sisters who have endured since before the universe first blinked into being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most reckless of them is Emma, the Moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHungry for companionship, Emma descends from the sky into New Orleans, where she meets Simon-Sophia's best friend, a poet who lives only one life at a time. To Simon, Emma gleams like she's made of fire, and he impulsively offers her a garnet ring containing his heartbreak and a handful of memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Simon's memories are unlike anyone else's. And with this accidental key, Emma now has the perfect escape from her lonely existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Simon's mind begins to unravel and the Moon's glow threatens to vanish from the sky, Sophia must test the fragile bonds of an ancient family-before her sister takes everything that makes Simon himself, and the world is left without the Moon's light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning centuries and delving deep into vast inner worlds, Welch's debut novel is a poetic fable about the magic of words, the weight of memory, and the paradoxes of family. For readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePiranesi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian J. Welch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798900520490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e River Grove Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Brian J. Welch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659926548735,"sku":"9798900520490","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ring-ribbon-tether-and-trap-brian-j-welch-9798900520490","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}