{"title":"The Challenges \u0026 Rewards of Being a Debut Author","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"medusas-sisters","title":"Medusa's Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor attendees to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ashlandmass.com\/Calendar.aspx?EID=11956\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ashlandmass.com\/Calendar.aspx?EID=11956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3119a6;\" color=\"#3119a6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #3119a6;\"\u003eAshland Public Library Event\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e with Laura J. A. Bear, Rita Chang-Eppig and Nishita Parekh on January 29, the author will be signing bookplates for every book ordered through Aesop's Fable.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA vivid and moving reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved her.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe end of the story is only the beginning…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven before they were transformed into Gorgons, Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale were unique among their immortal family. Curious about mortals and their lives, Medusa and her sisters entered the human world in search of a place to belong, yet quickly found themselves at the perilous center of a dangerous Olympian rivalry and learned—too late—that a god's love is a violent one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Forgotten by history and diminished by poets, the other two Gorgons have never been more than horrifying hags, damned and doomed. But they were sisters first, and their journey from lowly sea-born origins to the outskirts of the pantheon is a journey that rests, hidden, underneath their scales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Monsters, but not monstrous, Stheno and Euryale will step into the light for the first time to tell the story of how all three sisters lived and were changed by each other, as they struggle against the inherent conflict between sisterhood and individuality, myth and truth, vengeance and peace.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHardcover:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 368\u003c\/span\u003e pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ace\u003c\/span\u003e (August 8, 2023)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 978-0593547762\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bear, Lauren J. A.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45066114334971,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0078\/1906\/7459\/files\/9780593547762_e6546.jpg?v=1701883696"},{"product_id":"deep-as-the-sky-red-as-the-sea","title":"Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor attendees to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ashlandmass.com\/Calendar.aspx?EID=11956\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ashlandmass.com\/Calendar.aspx?EID=11956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3119a6;\" color=\"#3119a6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #3119a6;\"\u003eAshland Public Library Event\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e with Laura J. A. 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Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband’s second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged a brutal, crafty nobleman with ridding the South China Seas of pirates, and the Europeans—tired of losing ships, men, and money to Shek Yeung’s alliance—have new plans for the area. Even worse, Shek Yeung’s cutthroat retributions create problems all their own. 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A. Bear, Rita Chang-Eppig and Nishita Parekh on January 29, the authors will be signing bookplates for every book ordered through Aesop's Fable.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom debut author Nishita Parekh, a fresh take on the classic locked-room thriller about a multigenerational Indian American family marooned in a house with a murderer during Hurricane Harvey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHurricane Harvey is about to hit Houston. Meanwhile, single mom Jia Shah is already having a rough week: her twelve-year-old son, Ishaan, has just been suspended from school for getting in a fight. Still reeling from the fallout of her divorce—their move to Houston, her family’s disapproval, the struggle to make ends meet on her own—now Jia is worried about Ishaan’s future, too. Will her solo parenting be enough? 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