{"product_id":"9781250049179","title":"Charm \u0026 Strange : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCharm \u0026amp; Strange\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Stephanie Kuehn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2014 Winner of the William C. Morris Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen you've been kept caged in the dark, it's impossible to see the forest for the trees. It's impossible to see anything, really. Not without bars . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Stephanie Kuehn's brilliant debut \u003ci\u003eCharm \u0026amp; Strange\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Winston Winters is at war with himself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe's part Win, the lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy. The guy who shuts all his classmates out, no matter the cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe's part Drew, the angry young boy with violent impulses that control him. The boy who spent a fateful, long-ago summer with his brother and teenage cousins, only to endure a secret so monstrous it led three children to do the unthinkable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of one night, while stuck at a party deep in the New England woods, Andrew battles both the pain of his past and the isolation of his present.  \u003cbr\u003eBefore the sun rises, he'll either surrender his sanity to the wild darkness inside his mind or make peace with the most elemental of truths-that choosing to live can mean so much more than not dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[a] taut psychological thriller...difficult to put down.” —\u003ci\u003eHorn Book magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A high-powered voice rich in charismatic style and emotional intensity illuminates this ambitious debut.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kuehn absolutely nails the voice and keeps us on constant edge.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Twisted, and twisting. Relentlessly compelling. Lush storytelling. A must-read.” —\u003ci\u003eEllen Hopkins, New York Times bestselling author of Triangles, Fallout and Tricks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...haunting...\u003ci\u003eCharm \u0026amp; Strange\u003c\/i\u003e is a shocker of a page-turner that unravels brilliantly from both ends.” —\u003ci\u003eLisa McMann, New York Times Bestselling author of Dead to You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCharm and Strange\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of blood and family and the animal inside--and it's ferociously real. ” —\u003ci\u003eBlythe Woolston, author of Catch \u0026amp; Release\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed California Book Awards Master List (2014), YALSA William C. Morris - winner (2014)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250049179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40623942762702,"sku":"9781250049179","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c9a18933-ca25-475e-a080-83f97fd69f9d.jpg?v=1638582716","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250049179","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}