{"product_id":"the-winter-people-a-novel-2","title":"The Winter People: A Novel","description":"The New York Times bestselling author of Promise Not to Tell returns with a simmering literary thriller about ghostly secrets  dark choices  and the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters . . . sometimes too unbreakable.  West Hall  Vermont  has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea  who  in 1908  was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter  Gertie. Now  in present day  nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Saras farmhouse with her mother  Alice  and her younger sister  Fawn. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid  a decision that suddenly proves perilous when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished without a trace. Searching for clues  she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Sheas diary hidden beneath the floorboards of her mothers bedroom. As Ruthie gets sucked deeper into the mystery of Saras fate  she discovers that shes not the only person whos desperately looking for someone that theyve lost. But she may be the only one who can stop history from repeating itself.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44920526733365,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385538499","price":28.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0385538499_f49058e1-1b1c-456e-9b45-dba906f5f8d5.jpg?v=1768562829","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-winter-people-a-novel-2","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}