{"product_id":"the-foursome-christina-baker-kline-9798228974814","title":"The Foursome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis audio edition is read by Audie-Award winning narrator, Marin Ireland!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina -- Kline's own distant relatives -- who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Eng and Chang Bunker arrive in Wilkes County in 1839, they're not just a curiosity--they're a sensation. Everyone is eager to learn whether the salacious rumors about them are true. Within months, the twins have opened a general store, bought land, and begun building a plantation. Now, word has it, they're looking for wives--and in a place that thrives on gossip and legacy, their ambitions set the community on edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah and Adelaide Yates, daughters of a once-prominent local family brought low by scandal, are drawn into their orbit. Bold, beautiful Adelaide sees in the twins' fame a chance to reclaim her future. Sarah, quiet and observant, isn't so sure. When the twins' lives become entangled with theirs, they must navigate loyalty, longing, and identity in a world where everything--including race, class, and gender--is rigidly defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning five decades and unfolding against the backdrop of a fractured nation hurtling toward war, \u003ci\u003eThe Foursome \u003c\/i\u003eis both intimate and epic: a story of love and constraint, identity and reinvention. With piercing insight and emotional precision, Kline brings to life a forgotten chapter of American history and the complex, boundary-defying marriages at its center. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christina Baker Kline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228974814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e MP3 CD","brand":"Christina Baker Kline","offers":[{"title":"MP3 CD","offer_id":48588517277951,"sku":"9798228974814","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-foursome-christina-baker-kline-9798228974814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}