{"product_id":"the-mouth-pamela-moore-9798232686178","title":"The Mouth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne clap. One smile. One town turned into a mouth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurel Harbor is the kind of coastal place where the municipal clock minds its manners and people leave soup on each other's porches. Then a \"belonging\" app called \u003cstrong\u003eNeighbor\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives with friendly red arcs and gentle drills. Sirens practice a laugh that isn't funny. Mirrors sweat under burlap. And doors begin to feel like something you're supposed to perform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiley tends bar at 312 and keeps her hand on a door she won't open-because grief is in the room with her, and because something under the pier has started talking like a neighbor. It promises help. It promises closure. It only needs the town to line up House Left and House Right and let itself be counted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \"Smile Audits,\" \"Gesture Day,\" and a single communal \u003cstrong\u003eRelease\u003c\/strong\u003e clap escalate into a blackout and a final parade, Laurel Harbor learns the rules of this new horror: masks that won't come off, routes that want to become a face, and a laugh that tries to open the boards like a mouth. Riley, a stubborn librarian, a nurse with a cart, a pair of carpenters, and a class of kids who count primes instead of cues fight back with the only tools that work-onions, static, elbows, and the word \u003cstrong\u003eno\u003c\/strong\u003e said like a prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsettling, intimate, and fiercely human, this is small-town horror about consent, community, and the quiet defiance of choosing \u003cstrong\u003ehouse\u003c\/strong\u003e over spectacle. After \u003cstrong\u003eLaughing Painted Faces\u003c\/strong\u003e, you'll never trust a \"gentle\" announcement-or a friendly little red smile-again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232686178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d","brand":"Pamela Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664486568191,"sku":"9798232686178","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mouth-pamela-moore-9798232686178","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}