{"product_id":"the-sleeping-sisters-jennifer-givhan-9780316581554","title":"The Sleeping Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA threatened mother and relentless detective collide in this mesmerizing novel from a rising voice in literary horror, perfect for fans of Gabino Iglesias, Carmen Maria Machado, Augustina Bazterrica, and Stephen Graham Jones.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA mother's love is the oldest curse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fortuna Miércoles has finally moved her family to a better neighborhood across the Rio Grande, desperate to outrun the curse that's stalked her bloodline since her greatest grandmother crossed the desert with a cactus thorn splitting her throat. But burying a family's violent legacy isn't so easy. Twenty years ago, girls and women vanished into the Albuquerque night, their bones later unearthed on the mesa. The so-called Reaper was never caught. Now, beneath the dormant volcanoes called the Sleeping Sisters, the killings have begun again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Detective Jeanette Palacio has spent decades chasing the ghosts of her murdered cousins--alongside the memory of the other women she couldn't avenge. When a new body turns up in Fortuna's backyard, both women are pulled into a dangerous, ancient plot. Are the Sleeping Sisters awakening--or has someone in Fortuna's family set a trap? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by true events and shot through with a Chicana-Indigenous reimagining of the legend of the headless woman, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Sisters \u003c\/i\u003eis a fevered, feral hymn to motherhood and the monstrous bargains we make to protect those we love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Givhan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316581550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316581554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mulholland Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jennifer Givhan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965570203903,"sku":"9780316581554","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f065201-b656-4f2a-8ac7-95e1e3f1168b.jpg?v=1767281432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sleeping-sisters-jennifer-givhan-9780316581554","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}