{"product_id":"the-sleeping-sisters-9780316581554","title":"The Sleeping Sisters [Givhan, Jennifer]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJennifer Givhan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA threatened mother and relentless detective collide in this mesmerizing novel from a rising voice in literary horror, perfect for fans of Gabino Iglesias, Carmen Maria Machado, Augustina Bazterrica, and Stephen Graham Jones. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eHouse of Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Wire \u003c\/i\u003ein this marvelously strange story of murder and motherhood; a gloriously surreal novel in which magical realism meets police procedural. Jenn Givhan twists your brain and leaves you looking at the world differently for a long time afterward. I have no idea how to describe what I just read, but it was really, really cool.\" --T. Kingfisher, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Moves the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA mother's love is the oldest curse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fortuna Miércoles has finally moved her family to a better neighborhood across the Rio Grande, desperate to outrun the curse that's stalked her bloodline since her greatest grandmother crossed the desert with a cactus thorn splitting her throat. But burying a family's violent legacy isn't so easy. Twenty years ago, girls and women vanished into the Albuquerque night, their bones later unearthed on the mesa. The so-called Reaper was never caught. Now, beneath the dormant volcanoes called the Sleeping Sisters, the killings have begun again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Detective Jeanette Palacio has spent decades chasing the ghosts of her murdered cousins--alongside the memory of the other women she couldn't avenge. When a new body turns up in Fortuna's backyard, both women are pulled into a dangerous, ancient plot. Are the Sleeping Sisters awakening--or has someone in Fortuna's family set a trap? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by true events and shot through with a Chicana-Indigenous reimagining of the legend of the headless woman, \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Sisters \u003c\/i\u003eis a fevered, feral hymn to motherhood and the monstrous bargains we make to protect those we love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Book Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316581554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Givhan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Mexican American and Indigenous poet and novelist from the Southwestern desert and the recipient of poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and PEN\/Rosenthal Emerging Voices. She holds a Master's degree from California State University Fullerton and a master's in Fine Arts from Warren Wilson College. Givhan is the author of five full-length poetry collections and the novels \u003ci\u003eRiver Woman, River Demon, Juiblee, Trinity Sight, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Salt Bones. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45018485686448,"sku":"9780316581554b","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/files\/img_fbdebc26-7a9a-4470-b6fc-03b32f2d01f5.jpg?v=1773966485","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/the-sleeping-sisters-9780316581554","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}