{"product_id":"the-river-has-roots-paperback","title":"The River Has Roots - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo sisters live where the river Liss runs out of Faerie, and one of them is about to be murdered.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsther and Ysabel Hawthorn tend the willows at Thistleford, on the border where the ordinary world thins into Arcadia. Esther has a suitor she does not want and a lover from the other side whom she does. The suitor is not accustomed to being refused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEl-Mohtar is working directly in the tradition of the murder ballad, specifically \"The Twa Sisters,\" the one where a drowned girl's bones are made into a harp that sings the truth. She keeps the shape of the old song and gives it back its teeth, with prose that's close to song itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort, lush, and deliberately strange, from the co-author of \u003cem\u003eThis Is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/em\u003e. This is the paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Amal El-Mohtar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781250363688\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67967235522759,"sku":"9781250363688","price":16.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/0741\/9335\/files\/9781250363688.jpg?v=1792520342","url":"https:\/\/spineboundbooks.com\/products\/the-river-has-roots-paperback","provider":"Spinebound Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}