{"product_id":"the-bone-mother-paperback","title":"The Bone Mother - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Demchuk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2018 SUNBURST AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOMINATED FOR THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD, AMAZON FIRST NOVEL AWARD, AND SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor two hundred years, the Grazyn porcelain factory built its reputation on its magnificent thimbles. It is said that even the Czarina Anastasia Romanova had received one in her trousseau. The workers come from the three neighboring villages on the border of Romania and Ukraine. Nourished, dressed and educated, they are the envy of all at a time when a famine programmed by Stalin sweeps the countryside and cannibalism rages from city to town to farm. But what is the secret of this factory and why does the Grazyn family protect its employees so scrupulously?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bone Mother\u003c\/strong\u003e revives the great figures of Slavic mythology on the eve of the Second World War, from \u003cem\u003erusalka\u003c\/em\u003e and Baba Yaga--The Bone Mother herself--to the golem. The existence of mortals is intimately linked to that of witches and vampires, in a universe where strigois rub shoulders with mermaids, ghosts and seers...and all are in peril from the \u003cem\u003eNichni Politsiyi\u003c\/em\u003e, the Night Police, which wish to eradicate them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A master of bowel-loosening terror' \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Demchuk gracefully pieces together a dark and shining mosaic of a story with unforgettable imagery and elegant, evocative prose.' \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a book that bends genres, using the monsters of imagination as a back door to understanding the monsters of the real.' \u003cem\u003eNino Ricci \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author David Demchuk was born and raised in Winnipeg and now lives in Toronto. He has been writing for print, stage, digital and other media for nearly 40 years. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Bone Mother\u003c\/strong\u003e is his first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 7.99 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42102997811335,"sku":"9780994097002","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e33427cdafff1e5de18777801c9e8f94.webp?v=1732409292","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-bone-mother-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}