{"product_id":"cardiff-by-the-sea-joyce-carol-oates-9781800241411","title":"Cardiff, by the Sea by Joyce Carol Oates (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of \u003ci\u003eBLONDE\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major motion picture, come four psychologically daring and chillingly suspenseful stories where women face threats both past and present.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Pennsylvania academic unearths a terrifying trauma from her past after inheriting a house in Cardiff, Maine from a stranger. A lonely pubescent girl befriends a feral cat that protects her from the increasingly aggressive men that surround her.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A brilliant but shy college sophomore realizes she is pregnant and, distraught, allows a distinguished visiting professor to take her under his wing. And a widower remarries, but finds his young bride haunted by his dead wife's voice dancing in the wind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A stylish, suspenseful quartet of novellas tinged with the supernatural.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eReviews for Joyce Carol Oates:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Both haunting and sublime.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Splendidly chilling.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54991799386455,"sku":"9781800241411","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9781800241411_4efd577d-5d9f-42a9-93c0-f2e2dfc4fe63.jpg?v=1789162756","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/cardiff-by-the-sea-joyce-carol-oates-9781800241411","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}