{"product_id":"9781982124113","title":"Sin Eater : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSin Eater\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Megan Campisi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“For fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e...a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine...is a riveting depiction of hard-won female empowerment” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSins of our flesh become sins of Hers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFollowing Her to the grave, unseen, unheard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater Walks Among Us.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor the crime of stealing bread, fourteen-year-old May receives a life sentence: she must become a Sin Eater—a shunned woman, brutally marked, whose fate is to hear the final confessions of the dying, eat ritual foods symbolizing their sins as a funeral rite, and thereby shoulder their transgressions to grant their souls access to heaven.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOrphaned and friendless, apprenticed to an older Sin Eater who cannot speak to her, May must make her way in a dangerous and cruel world she barely understands. When a deer heart appears on the coffin of a royal governess who did not confess to the dreadful sin it represents, the older Sin Eater refuses to eat it. She is taken to prison, tortured, and killed. To avenge her death, May must find out who placed the deer heart on the coffin and why.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Very much reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e…it transcends its historical roots to give us a modern heroine” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e). “A novel as strange as it is captivating” (\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e “is a treat for fans of feminist speculative fiction” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) and “exactly what historical fiction lovers have unknowingly craved” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the Most Anticipated Books of 2020.  Lit Hub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A riveting description of hardwon female empowerment that weaves together meticulous research, unsolved murder--and an unforgettable heroine.  Exhilarating...great storytelling...reminiscent of\u003ci\u003e The Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e or Russell Hoban's great sui-generis sci-fi novel \u003ci\u003eRiddley Walker\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark and thrilling page turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past in an unnervingly contemporary way. All hail Megan Campisi and her smashing novel.” \u003cbr\u003e\"An in-depth, lyrical exploration of the forced reinvention of a teenage girl, ripped from her normal existence into a life of shifting public sins into feminine flesh, literally. \u003ci\u003eSin Eater \u003c\/i\u003eis a thrilling surprise - Megan Campisi uses the history of  patriarchal injustice to create a keenly researched feminist arc of unexpected abundance, reckoning, intellect, and ferocious survival.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Rose \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall \u003c\/i\u003ein this brilliant, bewitching novel. Megan Campisi conjures a deliciously warped version of sixteenth-century Britain: Tudor England in a funhouse mirror. Her heroine, a young girl cruelly rendered pariah, is ingeniously sketched and achingly real. Ms. Campisi has created a dark, rich story replete with humor, unforgettable characters, and arcane mysteries. It casts a spell on your heart and mind until the final page.\" \u003cbr\u003e“Rich with imaginative and historical details, \u003ci\u003eSin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e is part mystery, part horror, and—ultimately—a timeless story of one woman regaining her power. I loved this from beginning to end.” \u003cbr\u003e\"A dark, propulsive novel that twists your stomach in all the right ways.” \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e is a fully fleshed work of speculative fiction, abundant with the fine details of Elizabethan life and, of course, food. May is a damaged and sympathetic heroine, at once intelligent and innocent. This is an opulently imagined debut, horrific and weirdly beautiful, filled with earnest feeling as well as cruelty. Set aside time to read this engrossing novel in one go.”\u003cbr\u003e\"The atmospheric, historical fantasy setting combined with May’s jarringly eccentric personality creates a novel as strange as it is captivating.”\u003cbr\u003e\"Dark and evocative.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A Tudor banquet of a novel...its center the desiring, devouring, life-giving, murdering, and dying female body.\"\u003cbr\u003e“An original novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSin Eater \u003c\/i\u003eby Megan Campisi: A dystopian story about a girl in 16th century England that is sentenced to work as a 'Sin Eater, people who cannot be touched or spoken to and whose job is to hear the final confessions of the dying while eating foods symbolizing their sins so their souls can be admitted to heaven.' \u003cb\u003eThink a cross between Margaret Atwood and Umberto Eco with this one, and it is a phenomenal read\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e“Magnificent...complex, vivid... This vision of Renaissance outsiders is exactly what historical fiction lovers have unknowingly craved.”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] rousing, impressive debut… Campisi’s stirring portrait of injustice is deepened by May’s cleverness, frustration, and grief. This spellbinding novel is a treat for fans of feminist speculative fiction.”\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Very much reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. In this way, it transcends its historical roots to give us a modern heroine. Richly imaginative and strikingly contemporary.”\u003cbr\u003e“Campisi shapes a tale of folk customs, dark superstitions, and feminine power… Recommend this debut, an original melding of mystery and alternate history, to admirers of Karen Maitland’s folklore-infused medieval thrillers and Diane Setterfield’s \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a River\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e\"Simply riveting.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e turns shame into a superpower.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781982124113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40590732198094,"sku":"9781982124113","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_49e95618-1996-4ba8-917f-7fcfe4fab8c1.jpg?v=1637741669","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781982124113","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}