{"product_id":"the-marsh-queen-paperback","title":"The Marsh Queen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia Hartman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e, this \"marvelous debut\" (Alice McDermott, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ninth Hour\u003c\/i\u003e) follows a Washington, DC, artist as she faces her past and the secrets held in the waters of Florida's lush swamps and wetlands.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLoni Murrow is an accomplished bird artist at the Smithsonian who loves her job. But when she receives a call from her younger brother summoning her back home to help their obstinate mother recover after an accident, Loni's neat, contained life in Washington, DC, is thrown into chaos, and she finds herself exactly where she does not want to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGoing through her mother's things, Loni uncovers scraps and snippets of a time in her life she would prefer to forget--a childhood marked by her father Boyd's death by drowning. When Loni comes across a single, cryptic note from a stranger--\"There are some things I have to tell you about Boyd's death\"--she begins a dangerous quest to discover the truth, all the while struggling to reconnect with her mother and reconcile with her brother and his wife. To make matters worse, she meets a man whose attractive simple charm threatens to pull her back towards everything she's worked to escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTorn between worlds--her professional accomplishments in Washington, and the small town of her childhood--Loni must decide whether to delve beneath the surface into murky half-truths and avenge the past or bury it, once and for all. \"Fans of Delia Owens and Lauren Groff will find this a wonderful and absorbing read\" (Suzanne Feldman, author of \u003ci\u003eSisters of the Great War\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirginia Hartman has an MFA in creative writing from American University and is on the faculty at George Washington University. Her stories have been shortlisted for the New Letters Awards and the Dana Awards. \u003ci\u003eThe Marsh Queen\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. Find out more at VirginiaHartman.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 8.27 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120329494663,"sku":"9781982171612","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8592561cea09ad05dddbb60feb9f914c.webp?v=1732546555","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-marsh-queen-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}