{"product_id":"9780316588195","title":"Hemlock","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e's Must Read Books of Winter 2026 | Most Anticipated in Autostraddle, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, and Debutiful | Book Riot's Best Queer Books of January 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman haunted by a dark inheritance returns to the woods where her mother vanished, in this queer Gothic novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sam, finally sober and stable with a cat and a long-term boyfriend in Brooklyn, returns alone to Hemlock, her family’s deteriorating cabin deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods. But a quick, practical trip takes a turn for the worse when the rot and creak of the forest starts to creep in around the edges of Sam’s mind. It starts, as it always does, with a beer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Sam dips back into the murky waters of dependency, the inexplicable begins to arrive at her door and her body takes on a strange new shape. As the borders of reality begin to blur, she senses she is battling something sinister—whether nested in the woods or within herself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHemlock \u003c\/i\u003eis a carnal coming-of-addiction, a dark sparkler about rapture, desire, transformation, and transcendence in many forms. What lives at the heart of fear—animal, monster, or man? How can we reject our own inheritance, the psychic storm that’s been coming for generations, and rebuild a new home for ourselves? In the tradition of Han Kang’s \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHemlock \u003c\/i\u003eis a butch \u003ci\u003eBlack Swan\u003c\/i\u003e and a novel of singular style, with all the edginess of a survival story and a simmering menace that glints from the very periphery of the page.","brand":"Melissa Faliveno","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":45764808442044,"sku":"9780316588195","price":39.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ce96aab1-928e-405c-b370-aa94c18ada8c.jpg?v=1769104493","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9780316588195","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}