{"product_id":"book-c6fb","title":"The Blackbird Season","description":"\u003cb\u003eKnown for novels featuring “great pacing and true surprises” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) and “nerve-shattering suspense” (Heather Gudenkauf, \u003ci\u003eNew York Time \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author), \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Kate Moretti’s latest is the story of a scandal-torn Pennsylvania town and the aftermath of a troubled girl gone missing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Where did they come from? Why did they fall? The question would be asked a thousand times…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUntil, of course, more important question arose, at which time everyone promptly forgot that a thousand birds fell on the town of Mount Oanoke at all.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a quiet Pennsylvania town, a thousand dead starlings fall onto a high school baseball field, unleashing a horrifying and unexpected chain of events that will rock the close-knit community.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeloved baseball coach and teacher Nate Winters and his wife, Alecia, are well respected throughout town. That is, until one of the many reporters investigating the bizarre bird phenomenon catches Nate embracing a wayward student, Lucia Hamm, in front of a sleazy motel. Lucia soon buoys the scandal by claiming that she and Nate are engaged in an affair, throwing the town into an uproar...until she suddenly disappears. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNate’s coworker and sole supporter, Bridget Harris, Lucia’s creative writing teacher, is determined to prove his innocence. She has Lucia’s class journal, and while some of the entries appear particularly damning to Nate’s case, others just don’t add up. Bridget knows the key to Nate’s exoneration and the truth of Lucia’s disappearance lie within the walls of the school and in the pages of that journal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Riveting and insightful, this is a book that lingers long after you turn the final page” (Megan Miranda,\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347307110704,"sku":"BDc6fb","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c6fb-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770781437","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c6fb","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}