{"product_id":"lives-of-the-saintsbooks","title":"Lives of the Saints","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in a small, golden village nestled in folds of the Italian Apennines, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Saints\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a deceptively simple novel of startling power and mythic dimension. Young Vittorio Innocente is the pampered son of Cristina, a women whose husband has left Italy for work in North America. Beneath her placid surface, Cristina yearns to escape the restrictive village; and, one day, Vittorio is startled to find her in the family's stable, her ankle swelling from a snakebite. But what really happened to Cristina that day becomes the center of this tale—a story of passion and superstition beneath pastoral calm, a mother's secret life witnessed by a child. The first novel in a trilogy that follows Vittorio to adulthood, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Ricci's acclaimed debut.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Ricci, Nino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":43978922918112,"sku":"","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/654946.jpg?v=1681924272","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/lives-of-the-saintsbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}