{"product_id":"grey-dog-9781770417328","title":"Grey Dog","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Gish's prose is as sharp as a scalpel.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGrey Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is a bewitching tale of the horrors of spinsterhood in the early 1900s, with madness and magic threaded through every sentence.\" -- Heather O'Neill, author of \u003ci\u003eWhen We Lost Our Heads\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLullabies for Little Criminals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women's historical fiction with delusions, wild beasts, and the uncontainable power of female rage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1901, and Ada Byrd -- spinster, schoolmarm, amateur naturalist -- accepts a teaching post in isolated Lowry Bridge, grateful for the chance to re-establish herself where no one knows her secrets. She develops friendships with her neighbors, explores the woods with her students, and begins to see a future in this tiny farming community. Her past -- riddled with grief and shame -- has never seemed so far away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut then, Ada begins to witness strange and grisly phenomena: a swarm of dying crickets, a self-mutilating rabbit, a malformed faun. She soon believes that something old and beastly -- which she calls Grey Dog -- is behind these visceral offerings, which both beckon and repel her. As her confusion deepens, her grip on what is real, what is delusion, and what is traumatic memory loosens, and Ada takes on the wildness of the woods, behaving erratically and pushing her newfound friends away. In the end, she is left with one question: What is the real horror? The Grey Dog, the uncontainable power of female rage, or Ada herself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elliott Gish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.57w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770417328","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44150252437549,"sku":"9781770417328","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_5c4d9b9e-0701-4924-8897-567dde559ac2.jpg?v=1757313001","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/grey-dog-9781770417328","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}