{"product_id":"9780062684141","title":"What Should Be Wild : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Should Be Wild\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Julia Fine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Delightful and darkly magical. Julia Fine has written a beautiful modern myth, a coming-of-age story for a girl with a worrisome power over life and death. I loved it.”  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Audrey Niffenegger, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Time Traveler’s Wife\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHer Fearful Symmetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Bram Stoker Superior Achievement in a First Novel Award\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e• \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the \u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e Best Novel Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e• \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e Unmissable Debut of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e• \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003ePopsugar \u003c\/em\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e• \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003eBest Fantasy Book of May\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e• \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/em\u003e Best May Book\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e• \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e Best May Book\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e• \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eVerge\u003c\/em\u003e Gripping Fantasy Novel of May\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this darkly funny, striking debut, a highly unusual young woman must venture into the woods at the edge of her home to remove a curse that has plagued the women in her family for millennia—an utterly original novel with all the mesmerizing power of \u003cem\u003eThe Tiger’s Wife\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e The Snow Child\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Swamplandia!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCursed.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMaisie Cothay has never known the feel of human flesh: born with the power to kill or resurrect at her slightest touch, she has spent her childhood sequestered in her family’s manor at the edge of a mysterious forest. Maisie’s father, an anthropologist who sees her as more experiment than daughter, has warned Maisie not to venture into the wood. Locals talk of men disappearing within, emerging with addled minds and strange stories. What he does not tell Maisie is that for over a millennium her female ancestors have also vanished into the wood, never to emerge—for she is descended from a long line of cursed women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut one day Maisie’s father disappears, and Maisie must venture beyond the walls of her carefully constructed life to find him. Away from her home and the wood for the very first time, she encounters a strange world filled with wonder and deception. Yet the farther she strays, the more the wood calls her home. For only there can Maisie finally reckon with her power and come to understand the wildest parts of herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Delightful and darkly magical. Julia Fine has written a beautiful modern myth, a coming-of-age story for a girl with a worrisome power over life and death. I loved it.”\u003cbr\u003e“A modern fairy tale… Fine’s story is a barely restrained, careful musing on female desire, loneliness and hereditary inheritances.”\u003cbr\u003e“The Brothers Grimm gave us the fairy tales; many years later Tanith Lee gave us ‘Tales From the Sisters Grimmer.’ In this astonishing debut, Ms. Fine bids fair to be the Sister Grimmest.” \u003cbr\u003e“A hypnotizing fairy tale that explores what it’s like to live life in an unruly female body that everyone around it insists on controlling, \u003cem\u003eWhat Should Be Wild\u003c\/em\u003e pulsates with originality, curiosity, terror, and pleasure.”\u003cbr\u003e“A rich blend of myth and modernity, [and] intricately contrived feminist fantasy, ‘What Should Be Wild’ explores the urges of the body, the nature of desire and the power of the spirit. The novel offers ample portions of adventure, suspense and humor and marks the arrival of a formidable new talent.”\u003cbr\u003e“A surreally feministic tale…. Enchanting, menacing and darkly humorous, it explores women’s power and powerlessness throughout the ages.  To be tamed and controlled, to be untamed and fierce—and feared.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhat Should Be Wild\u003c\/em\u003e is a Gothic stunner for the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century—provocative, luxuriant, unsettling. Prepare to be mesmerized.”\u003cbr\u003e“Without hyperbole, it’s one of the best debut novels I’ve ever read.”\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderful addition to that genre of lyrical, poetic fantasies, akin to fairy tales in their delicacy and adjacency to the real world.”\u003cbr\u003e“Julia Fine’s elegant prose and quick-paced storytelling cause the pages to fly by, and you’ll still be reliving each moment to trace what was real for quite some time to come.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062684141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41120747946190,"sku":"9780062684141","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062684141.jpg?v=1649996945","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062684141","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}