{"product_id":"the-underneath-paperback-2","title":"The Underneath - Paperback","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\u003eMelanie Finn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the assurance and grace of her acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eThe Gloaming--\u003c\/i\u003ewhich earned her comparisons to Patricia Highsmith--Melanie Finn returns with a precisely layered and tense new literary thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Underneath\u003c\/i\u003e follows Kay Ward, a former journalist struggling with the constraints of motherhood. Along with her husband and two children, she rents a quaint Vermont farmhouse for the summer. The idea is to disconnect from their work-based lifestyle--that had her doggedly pursuing a genocidal leader of child soldiers known as General Christmas, even through Kay's pregnancy and the birth of their second child--in an effort to repair their shaky marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt isn't long before Kay's husband is called away and she discovers a mysterious crawlspace in the rental with unsettling writing etched into the wall. Alongside some of the house's other curiosities and local sleuthing, Kay is led to believe that something terrible may have happened to the home's owners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKay's investigation leads her to a local logger, Ben Comeau, a man beset with his own complicated and violent past. A product of the foster system and life-long resident of the Northeast Kingdom, Ben struggles to overcome his situation, and to help an abused child whose addict mother is too incapacitated to care about the boy's plight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Underneath\u003c\/i\u003e is an intelligent and considerate exploration of violence--both personal and social--and whether violence may ever be justified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelanie Finn\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAway From You\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Gloaming\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eThe Underneath\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), and \u003ci\u003eThe Hare\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), was born and raised in Kenya and the US. \u003ci\u003eThe Gloaming\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2016, a finalist for the Vermont Book Award and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Not the Booker\" Prize. The writer and producer of the DisneyNature wildlife epic \u003ci\u003eCrimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos\u003c\/i\u003e, she is also the co-founder and director of the Tanzanian-based charity Natron Healthcare. She and her family live on a remote hill in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0 x 7.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252131086585,"sku":"9781953387103","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TJQ8Ssd4u29781953387103.webp?v=1768680815","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-underneath-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}