{"product_id":"the-curse-of-hester-gardens-tamika-thompson","title":"The Curse of Hester Gardens","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780593461709 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780593324202 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Need to Talk about Kevin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas if written by Jason Reynolds and Tananarive Due meets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eModel Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Rivers Solomon in an innovative twist on the haunted house novel: about a mother desperate to protect her sons from the twin specters of gun violence and otherworldly menace in their public housing project.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNona McKinley raised three boys in the Hester Gardens section of Medford, Michigan, an impoverished community divided by those who follow their faith in God and those who turn to crime to survive. With her drug dealer husband behind bars and her eldest son shot to death at eighteen, Nona has devoted herself to ensuring her other children escape their brother’s fate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer second son Marcus is on the right path. He’s a valedictorian heading to an Ivy League school. He can get out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut then, strange things start happening to Nona and other residents: mysterious footsteps are heard when she’s alone, people have phantom encounters in the streets, unattended appliances go off at all hours. Even more concerning is the state of Nona’s living sons. Her youngest, Lance, is hanging around with a bad crowd, and Marcus becomes moody and secretive. Sometimes he even seems to act like a different person entirely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNona has her secrets too. Her affair with the married church pastor has been weighing on her conscience, but that’s not the only guilt haunting her. She fears that someone—or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esomething\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— is seeking revenge for an act she made in a moment of weakness to protect her family. And now everyone in Hester Gardens must pay the price . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-listen show\"\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"#listen-to-a-clip\" id=\"listenToAClip\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48139054973176,"sku":"9781645663195","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0471\/2156\/3811\/files\/TheCurseofHesterGardens.png?v=1774530291","url":"https:\/\/www.sscarletsweb.com\/products\/the-curse-of-hester-gardens-tamika-thompson","provider":"Sscarlet's Web Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}