{"product_id":"mother-of-god-hardcover","title":"Mother of God - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Peters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA landmark literary novel of psychological horror from the author of \u003ci\u003eI Become a Delight to My Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarlene calls herself a psychic wound healer, but really, her paranormal abilities are restricted to visions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In fact, they're restricted to visions of just one person. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her mother, Darlene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The visions started when Marlene was nine: a symbol and a symptom of an unfathomably deep maternal connection; a mental and emotional escape hatch; evidence of a bond so intense that a rupture was perhaps inevitable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And yet, years of estrangement later, when Marlene receives a message from Darlene asking her to come home, she packs up her life in Vancouver and drives across the country to small-town Nova Scotia. It's a trip fraught with vivid, oppressive memories--of childhood betrayals, the distant decades that followed, and the malevolent presence of Darlene's on-again-off-again boyfriend, Ed. Still, the opportunity is overwhelming--the chance to become the centres of each other's universes once again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when she arrives, Darlene is not where she should be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Figures from the past materialize as reality's thin membrane begins to give way, and Marlene is forced to confront the incomprehensible as she is sent down a path of terrors, to the very end of human feeling, to the very end of her mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sinister and surreal, ghastly and full of grace, \u003ci\u003eMother of God\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular story of love and dread from one of the great writers of their generation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Peters is the author of \u003ci\u003eI Become a Delight to My Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1996.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47497657549021,"sku":"9780771020278","price":31.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/7uiMuTZjQF9780771020278.webp?v=1771985555","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/mother-of-god-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}