{"product_id":"book-e6b9","title":"A Real Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eA REAL DAUGHTER is a horror novel that offers a frightening take on step-parenting and a disturbing testament to the unknown in all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her infant daughter Sarah unexpectedly dies, Claire moves to Los Angeles and reinvents herself as a landscape gardener. Meanwhile, Claire imagines Sarah alive, marking the child's birthdays, Christmas, first day of school-almost as if Sarah never died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemarrying, Claire acquires a step-daughter about the same age Sarah would have been. But eight-year-old Mandy - part vamp, part jealous and troubled child - is nothing like Sarah, who still lives on in Claire's imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Claire lives two lives-one real, one imagined-the clash between the two daughters threatens to destroy her, releasing her demons and forcing her to choose between a new life and a haunted past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A morbidly eerie and artistically crafted psychological thriller\" -\u003cem\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A REAL DAUGHTER is the real thing: a compelling, psychologically astute inquiry into the seismic shifts of one, uneasily blending California family haunted by the past.\"  - Cristina Garcia, National Book Award Finalist for \u003cem\u003eDreaming in Cuban\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The writing is luscious and chilling. Expect to be afraid--and then horrified.\" - Mary Morrissy, Lannan Fiction Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Harbors thorns that can pierce both the skin and the heart.\" - Joe Kilgore, \u003cem\u003eUS Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Un-put-downable\" - Jim Krusoe, Novelist, Founder, \u003cem\u003eSanta Monica Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49432097489200,"sku":"BDe6b9","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/e6b9-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773259149","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e6b9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}