{"product_id":"9780063098046","title":"The Foursome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina — Kline’s own distant relatives — who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Eng and Chang Bunker arrive in Wilkes County in 1839, they’re not just a curiosity—they’re a sensation. Everyone is eager to learn whether the salacious rumors about them are true. Within months, the twins have opened a general store, bought land, and begun building a plantation. Now, word has it, they’re looking for wives—and in a place that thrives on gossip and legacy, their ambitions set the community on edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah and Adelaide Yates, daughters of a once-prominent local family brought low by scandal, are drawn into their orbit. Bold, beautiful Adelaide sees in the twins’ fame a chance to reclaim her future. Sarah, quiet and observant, isn’t so sure. When the twins’ lives become entangled with theirs, they must navigate loyalty, longing, and identity in a world where everything—including race, class, and gender—is rigidly defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning five decades and unfolding against the backdrop of a fractured nation hurtling toward war, \u003ci\u003eThe Foursome \u003c\/i\u003eis both intimate and epic: a story of love and constraint, identity and reinvention. With piercing insight and emotional precision, Kline brings to life a forgotten chapter of American history and the complex, boundary-defying marriages at its center.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christina Baker Kline","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Rough front","offer_id":46594114388156,"sku":"9780063098046","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_21628ad1-f11b-4f81-ae9d-b40c27341916.jpg?v=1777995036","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9780063098046","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}