{"product_id":"elita-paperback","title":"Elita - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cstrong\u003eKirsten Sundberg Lunstrum\u003c\/strong\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn American literary take on the Nordic noir genre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfolding during the moody Pacific Northwest winter of 1951, we follow Bernadette Baston, scholar of child development and language acquisition, as she travels to a penitentiary on the remote island Elita in the Puget Sound to consult on a curious case: two guards have discovered an animal-like adolescent girl living alone in the cold woods beyond the prison's walls. There are few answers, but many people who know more than they are saying. According to official reports, the girl, dubbed Atalanta, does not speak. Is her silence protecting someone? The prison warden, court-appointed guardian, and police detective embroil Bernadette in resolving a secret that the tight-knit island community has long held, and her investment in the girl's case soon becomes more personal than professional. As a mother, wife, and woman bound by mid-twentieth-century expectations, Bernadette strategizes to retain the fragile control she has over her own freedom, identity, and future, which becomes inextricably tied to solving Atalanta's case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKIRSTEN SUNDBERG LUNSTRUM's\u003c\/strong\u003e most recent collection of fiction, \u003cem\u003eWhat We Do with the Wreckage, \u003c\/em\u003ewon the 2017 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her two previous collections are \u003cem\u003eSwimming with Strangers \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThis Life She's Chosen, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich was a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Pick of the Month\u003cem\u003e. Elita\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel. She lives near Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52001990246701,"sku":"9780810147867","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/a2GuN8SLXm9780810147867.webp?v=1776660610","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/elita-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}