{"product_id":"fruit-of-the-dead-9781668020869","title":"Fruit of the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \"Mesmerizing.\" --\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e * \"Twisty and unsettling.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e * \"Ancient Greece meets \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e by way of Emma Cline...deliciously dark.\" --Ruth Gilligan *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"superb...refreshing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set on a lush private island, exploring themes of addiction and sex, family, independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCamp counselor Cory Ansel, eighteen and aimless, afraid to face her high-strung single mother's disappointment, is no longer sure where home is when the father of one of her campers offers an alternative. The CEO of a pharmaceutical company, Rolo Picazo is wealthy, divorced, and magnetic. He is also intoxicated by Cory. When Rolo offers her a job, Cory quiets an internal warning and allows herself to be ferried to his private island. Plied with luxury and the opiates manufactured by his company, she tells herself she's in charge. Her mother, Emer, head of a teetering agricultural NGO, senses otherwise. With her daughter seemingly vanished, Emer crosses land and sea to heed a cry for help that only she can hear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlternating between the two women's perspectives, \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e incorporates its mythic inspiration with a light touch and devastating precision. The result is a tale that explores love, control, obliteration, and America's late-capitalist mythos. Lyon's reinvention of Persephone and Demeter's story makes for a haunting, electric novel that readers will not soon forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11201632\"\u003eRachel Lyon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.33h x 5.60w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668020869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668020866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Lyon is the author of \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait with a Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Center for Fiction's 2018 First Novel Prize, and \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Dead\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e an \u003ci\u003eOprah \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily\u003c\/i\u003e best book of 2024 which the \u003ci\u003eN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called \"superb\" and \"refreshing.\" Rachel's short stories have appeared in\u003ci\u003e One Story, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. She has taught most recently at Bennington College and the American University of Paris, where she was the 2024 Paris Writer in Residence. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she lives with her family in Western Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51321464520991,"sku":"9781668020869","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_08c780b4-f709-4eca-aa11-d72041670a3a.jpg?v=1761238723","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/fruit-of-the-dead-9781668020869","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}