{"product_id":"little-monsters-9781982198107","title":"Little Monsters","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A juicy story...Simmers with tension as secrets explode out into the open.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e * \"So alluring...I raced happily through the pages.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e * \"An absolutely captivating read.\" --Elin Hilderbrand * \"Gorgeously told...The work of a seasoned and wonderfully wise storyteller.\" --Paula McLain\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eWild Game \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families, and long-buried secrets--for fans of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAsk Again, Yes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKen and Abby Gardner lost their mother when they were small and they have been haunted by her absence ever since. Their father, Adam, a brilliant oceanographer, raised them mostly on his own in his remote home on Cape Cod, where the attachment between Ken and Abby deepened into something complicated--and as adults their relationship is strained. Now, years later, the siblings' lives are still deeply entwined. Ken is a successful businessman with political ambitions and a picture-perfect family and Abby is a talented visual artist who depends on her brother's goodwill, in part because he owns the studio where she lives and works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the novel opens, Adam is approaching his seventieth birthday, staring down his mortality and fading relevance. He has always managed his bipolar disorder with medication, but he's determined to make one last scientific breakthrough and so he has secretly stopped taking his pills, which he knows will infuriate his children. Meanwhile, Abby and Ken are both harboring secrets of their own, and there is a new person on the periphery of the family--Steph, who doesn't make her connection known. As Adam grows more attuned to the frequencies of the deep sea and less so to the people around him, Ken and Abby each plan the elaborate gifts they will present to their father on his birthday, jostling for primacy in this small family unit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the fraught summer of 2016, and drawing on the biblical tale of Cain and Abel, \u003ci\u003eLittle Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e is an absorbing, sharply observed family story by a writer who knows Cape Cod inside and out--its Edenic lushness and its snakes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrienne Brodeur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.39h x 6.36w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982198107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/04\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrienne Brodeur is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eWild Game\u003c\/i\u003e, which was selected as a Best Book of the Year by NPR and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and is in development as a Netflix film. She founded the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e with Francis Ford Coppola, and currently serves as executive director of Aspen Words, a literary nonprofit and program of the Aspen Institute. She splits her time between Cambridge and Cape Cod, where she lives with her husband and children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40937523347571,"sku":"9.78198E+12","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7b9b9a5d-9d14-4905-8d18-34c497604f7b.jpg?v=1693314057","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/little-monsters-9781982198107","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}