{"product_id":"9780765399298","title":"In an Absent Dream","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn an Absent Dream\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Seanan McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex award-winning Wayward Children series, which began in the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Heart a Doorway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she's found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wayward Children Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 1: \u003ci\u003eEvery Heart a Doorway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 2: \u003ci\u003eDown Among the Sticks and Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 3: \u003ci\u003eBeneath the Sugar Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 4: \u003ci\u003eIn an Absent Dream\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The author beautifully portrays the overwhelming experience of being on the threshold of maturity... Choose wisely, and choose this book.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a lovely installment of the series, with pitch-perfect fairy-tale logic...The series as a whole has wonderfully internally consistent world building—and characters, no matter how far in the background, with complexity and depth.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Every Heart a Doorway\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eEvery Heart a Doorway\u003c\/i\u003e, McGuire has created her own mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy — a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics, even as it carves its own precocious space between them.\" — NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seanan McGuire has long been one of the smartest writers around, and with this novella we can easily see that her heart is as big as her brain.\" —Charlaine Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read.\" —V. E. Schwab\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a gorgeous story: sometimes mean, sometimes angry, and always exciting.\" —Cory Doctorow for \u003ci\u003eBoingBoing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So mindblowingly good, it hurts.\" —\u003ci\u003eio9\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McGuire's lyrical prose makes this novella a rich experience.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This gothic charmer is a love letter to anyone who's ever felt out of place.\" — \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seanan McGuire once again demonstrates her intimate knowledge of the human heart in a powerful fable of loss, yearning and damaged children.\" — Paul Cornell, author of \u003ci\u003eLondon Falling \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWitches of Lychford\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-listed World Fantasy Award - Finalist (2020), Short-listed Hugo Award - Nominee (2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765399298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40686615134414,"sku":"9780765399298","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_ff2d1f44-0254-41a9-83f9-fc666e47b940.jpg?v=1640234610","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765399298","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}