{"product_id":"sin-eaterbooks","title":"Sin Eater","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland \u003c\/i\u003ein this gripping and imaginative historical novel about a shunned orphan girl in 16th-century England who is ensnared in a deadly royal plot and must turn her subjugation into her power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard\u003cbr\u003e Sins of our flesh become sins of Hers\u003cbr\u003e Following Her to the grave, unseen, unheard\u003cbr\u003e The Sin Eater Walks Among Us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor the crime of stealing bread, fourteen-year-old May receives a life sentence: she must become a Sin Eater—a shunned woman, brutally marked, whose fate is to hear the final confessions of the dying, eat ritual foods symbolizing their sins as a funeral rite, and thereby shoulder their transgressions to grant their souls access to heaven.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOrphaned and friendless, apprenticed to an older Sin Eater who cannot speak to her, May must make her way in a dangerous and cruel world she barely understands. When a deer heart appears on the coffin of a royal governess who did not confess to the dreadful sin it represents, the older Sin Eater refuses to eat it. She is taken to prison, tortured, and killed. To avenge her death, May must find out who placed the deer heart on the coffin and why.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A keenly researched feminist arc of unexpected abundance, reckoning, intellect, and ferocious survival” (Maria Dahvana Headley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mere Wife\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eSin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e is “a dark, rich story replete with humor, unforgettable characters, and arcane mysteries. It casts a spell on your heart and mind until the final page” (Jennie Melamed, author of \u003ci\u003eGather the Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Campisi, Megan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44631982440672,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_13b8c3c8-3353-4075-ae0b-793c02c1279e.jpg?v=1705513406","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/sin-eaterbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}