{"product_id":"the-ascent-allison-buccola-9780593730003","title":"The Ascent","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat would you do if the past showed up on your doorstep? A woman who grew up in a cult must decide if she can trust the stranger claiming to have answers to the dark mysteries of her childhood in this \"irresistible\"* thriller. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Ana Reyes, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe House in the Pines\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years ago, the members of a reclusive commune outside Philadelphia vanished without a trace. The mystery of their disappearance has never been solved. No sightings of the members were ever verified, and no bodies ever found. But the group did leave one thing behind: a twelve-year-old girl wandering alone on the side of the road in search of her lost family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the years since that morning, Lee Burton has tried to put the pain of her past behind her. She has built a new identity for herself, with a doting husband and seven-month-old daughter, Lucy. No one in her life now knows about her connection to \"the cult that went missing,\" not even her husband. But new motherhood is proving a bigger challenge than she anticipated. She doesn't want to let Lucy out of her sight even for a moment. She can't return to work. She's not sleeping, and she's starting to have paranoid thoughts of Lucy being harmed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen a stranger shows up on her doorstep, offering to finally answer all of Lee's questions about her past--if she could only trust that the woman is who she says she is. As she digs deeper into the woman's history, the safe, stable life that Lee has constructed for herself threatens to shatter. In \u003ci\u003eThe Ascent\u003c\/i\u003e, Allison Buccola has crafted a nerve-rattling thriller about motherhood, identity, and the truths we think we know about our families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allison Buccola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593730003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593730003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Allison Buccola","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46334717395199,"sku":"9780593730003","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a332aee4-655d-4ac8-9bbb-3c695303bc99.jpg?v=1731467576","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ascent-allison-buccola-9780593730003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}