{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-the-buried-saoirse-keane-9798232535476","title":"The Ballad of the Buried Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome songs are only graves with music over them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the west of Ireland, the village of Carrigmore has survived for generations beneath the shadow of an ancient hill. Its fields endure. Its families endure. Its secrets endure.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Nessa returns after her grandmother's funeral, she expects grief, damp rooms, and the slow work of clearing an old cottage. Instead, she hears singing beneath the floorboards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe song leads her to hidden names, vanished girls, a child's shoe, a holy well, and a bargain older than anyone in the village dares to remember. Her sister Maeve disappeared three years ago, and everyone said she ran away. Nessa always knew that was a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the hill is singing again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Nessa follows the trail through parish records, blackthorn groves, graveyards, and whispered village histories, she discovers that Carrigmore has paid for its survival with daughters. Each generation gives one girl to the power beneath the hill. Each girl is named in the ballad before she is taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the next name may already be forming in the song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ballad of the Buried Girls\u003c\/strong\u003e is an atmospheric Irish folk horror novel of vanished women, ancestral guilt, fairy hills, sacred wells, old songs, and the terrible cost of silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIrish and Celtic folk horror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGothic village mysteries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark folklore and ancient bargains\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHaunted songs, holy wells, and fairy hills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtmospheric supernatural suspense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStories about women reclaiming buried names\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe dead have been singing for a long time. This time, someone is listening.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Saoirse Keane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232535476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Bell Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Saoirse Keane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743246692607,"sku":"9798232535476","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-the-buried-saoirse-keane-9798232535476","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}