{"product_id":"book-it06","title":"The Sirens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • #1 LibraryReads Pick • Indie Next Pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003espellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom the author of the runaway \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWeyward. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Narrator Barrie Kreinik offers a first-rate performance, embodying the characters with distinctive voices and delivering Hart's prose with graceful lyricism.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Sirens\u003c\/i\u003e teems with family secrets, eerie dreams, and deep transformation. A compelling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the sea, this is a beautiful follow-up to Hart's sensational debut, \u003ci\u003eWeyward\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens\u003c\/i\u003e will sweep you away.\" -Sarah Penner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Apothecary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2019:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover's throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister's house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack-but Jess is nowhere to be found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Lucy awaits her return, the rumors surrounding Jess's strange small town start to emerge. Numerous men have gone missing at sea, spread over decades. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing women's voices on the waves. Desperate for answers, Lucy finds and begins to read her sister's adolescent diary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1999: \u003c\/b\u003eJess is a lonely sixteen-year-old in a rural town in the middle of the continent. Diagnosed with a rare allergy to water, she has always felt different, until her young, charming art teacher takes an interest in her drawings, seeing a power and maturity in them-and in her-that no one else has.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1800: \u003c\/b\u003eTwin sisters Mary and Eliza have been torn from their loving father in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship bound for Australia. For their entire lives, they've feared the ocean, as their mother tragically drowned when they were just girls. Yet as the boat bears them further and further from all they know, they begin to notice changes in their bodies that they can't explain, and they feel the sea beginning to call to them…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens\u003c\/i\u003e captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program includes a bonus conversation with the author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49644118442288,"sku":"BDit06","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/it06-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776010321","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-it06","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}