{"product_id":"hemlock","title":"Hemlock","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e's Must Read Books of Winter 2026 Most Anticipated in Autostraddle, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, and Debutiful Book Riot's Best Queer Books of January 2026\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman haunted by a dark inheritance returns to the woods where her mother vanished, in this queer Gothic novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sam, finally sober and stable with a cat and a long-term boyfriend in Brooklyn, returns alone to Hemlock, her family's deteriorating cabin deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods. But a quick, practical trip takes a turn for the worse when the rot and creak of the forest starts to creep in around the edges of Sam's mind. It starts, as it always does, with a beer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Sam dips back into the murky waters of dependency, the inexplicable begins to arrive at her door and her body takes on a strange new shape. As the borders of reality begin to blur, she senses she is battling something sinister--whether nested in the woods or within herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHemlock \u003c\/i\u003eis a carnal coming-of-addiction, a dark sparkler about rapture, desire, transformation, and transcendence in many forms. What lives at the heart of fear--animal, monster, or man? How can we reject our own inheritance, the psychic storm that's been coming for generations, and rebuild a new home for ourselves? In the tradition of Han Kang's \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHemlock \u003c\/i\u003eis a butch \u003ci\u003eBlack Swan\u003c\/i\u003e and a novel of singular style, with all the edginess of a survival story and a simmering menace that glints from the very periphery of the page.","brand":"Melissa Faliveno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52025369133357,"sku":"BS-8XD-588195","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9780316588195-HD.jpg?v=1777302713","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/hemlock","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}