{"product_id":"the-ash-family-molly-dektar-9781501144875","title":"The Ash Family","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen a young woman leaves her family to join a secret off-the-grid community headed by an enigmatic leader, she discovers that belonging comes with a deadly cost, in this \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"stunning debut,\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e \"\u003c\/i\u003eperfect for fans of Philip Roth's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Pastoral \u003c\/i\u003eand the film \u003ci\u003eMartha Marcy May Marlene\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt nineteen, Berie encounters a seductive and mysterious man at a bus station near her home in North Carolina. Shut off from the people around her, she finds herself compelled by his promise of a new life. He ferries her into a place of order and chaos: the Ash Family farm. There, she joins a community living off the fertile land of the mountains, bound together by high ideals and through relationships she can't untangle. Berie--now renamed Harmony--renounces her old life and settles into her new one on the farm. She begins to make friends. And then they start to disappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An excellent debut, Molly Dektar probes life in a cult with a masterful hand, excavating the troubled mind of a young woman,\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eThe Ash Family\u003c\/i\u003e explores what we will sacrifice in the search for happiness, and the beautiful and grotesque power of the human spirit as it seeks its ultimate place of belonging. \"A captivating and haunting tale\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Molly Dektar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501144871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501144875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Molly Dektar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979753193727,"sku":"9781501144875","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_600f499a-1fc6-4977-b470-0b160e5dfdfc.jpg?v=1683246773","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ash-family-molly-dektar-9781501144875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}