{"product_id":"book-dhcw","title":"Sin Eater","description":"\u003cb\u003e“For fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e...a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine...is a riveting depiction of hard-won female empowerment” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSins of our flesh become sins of Hers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFollowing Her to the grave, unseen, unheard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater Walks Among Us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor the crime of stealing bread, fourteen-year-old May receives a life sentence: she must become a Sin Eater—a shunned woman, brutally marked, whose fate is to hear the final confessions of the dying, eat ritual foods symbolizing their sins as a funeral rite, and thereby shoulder their transgressions to grant their souls access to heaven.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOrphaned and friendless, apprenticed to an older Sin Eater who cannot speak to her, May must make her way in a dangerous and cruel world she barely understands. When a deer heart appears on the coffin of a royal governess who did not confess to the dreadful sin it represents, the older Sin Eater refuses to eat it. She is taken to prison, tortured, and killed. To avenge her death, May must find out who placed the deer heart on the coffin and why.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Very much reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e…it transcends its historical roots to give us a modern heroine” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e). “A novel as strange as it is captivating” (\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e “is a treat for fans of feminist speculative fiction” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) and “exactly what historical fiction lovers have unknowingly craved” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347016130864,"sku":"BDdhcw","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347016163632,"sku":"10dhcw","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dhcw-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773691534","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dhcw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}