{"product_id":"the-reliable-narrator-grace-sammon-9781662969898","title":"The Reliable Narrator","description":"\u003cp\u003eDarby Small has made invisibility an art. As one of New York's most sought-after ghostwriters, she tells other people's stories so seamlessly they forget she was ever there. In an age of AI-generated prose, she is prized for what machines cannot do: capture a voice so authentic it feels lived-in. For Darby, disappearing into other lives is both her superpower and her refuge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen comes a late-night message from Phoebe Zaslove, Darby's truest friend-fearless, magnetic, and now terminally ill. For reasons Darby cannot name, the women have not spoken in a year. But Phoebe is running out of time and makes one final request: Write my story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet between the wooded banks of New York's Hudson River and Albuquerque's lush North Valley, \u003cem\u003eThe Reliable Narrator\u003c\/em\u003e is a layered, emotionally charged novel about the unbreakable bond between friends, the legacies carried from mothers to daughters, and the truths we bury to survive. As Darby walks Phoebe into the last chapter of her life, she is forced to confront her own traumas, her family's silences, and the realization that fragments of her truth have been hiding in plain sight in every book she has ever ghostwritten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith piercing insight and lyrical prose, \u003cem\u003eThe Reliable Narrator\u003c\/em\u003e asks: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat stories do we inherit? Which do we dare to tell? What is the price of silence?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause some truths aren't hidden, they are simply waiting to be claimed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Sammon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1662969899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662969898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Upstream Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Grace Sammon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517104599295,"sku":"9781662969898","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53887425-0410-40f6-ad15-0282a9f6d3f8.jpg?v=1778729931","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reliable-narrator-grace-sammon-9781662969898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}