{"product_id":"madelaine-before-the-dawn-paperback","title":"Madelaine Before the Dawn - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandrine Collette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrix Goncourt des Lycéens \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Choix Goncourt \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Masterful New Novel by Sandrine Collette, One of France's Most Daring and Acclaimed Writers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a time outside time, in a world hemmed in by dark woods and silence, the villagers of Les Montées endure a life of hardship and submission. The land is stingy, the lords are merciless, and resistance is a dream dreamt by the village women. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwin sisters Aelis and Ambre are born with an otherworldly beauty that turns heads and decides destinies. Ambre, childless and quietly suffering in a loveless marriage, adopts a wild, starving foundling who appears one day at the edge of the forest. Madeleine's arrival unsettles the fragile order of Les Montées. She is fierce, brave, mysterious, magnetic, brilliant, and shockingly adept with an axe. One day, she slaughters a stag in defiance of the lord's decrees. The land, the laws, and the lives of those around her tremble in response, and a new destiny begins to take root, one lit by rebellion and fed by ancient wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by Bran, a boy Madeleine's age who watches her with a mix of awe and dread, \u003ci\u003eMadelaine Before the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild, lyrical novel about the inheritance of silence, the fire of female defiance, and the long-suppressed urge to upend the rules of a world written by men. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollette's storytelling evokes the brutal beauty of Zola's \u003ci\u003eGerminal\u003c\/i\u003e and possesses the sweep of the novels of García Márquez. Hers is an elemental, undeniable voice, and with \u003ci\u003eMadelaine Before the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, she delivers the most ambitious novel of her career--an electrifying vision of revolt and resilience at the edge of civilization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033532952877,"sku":"9798889661726","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/414MtCqfdH9798889661726.webp?v=1777611026","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/madelaine-before-the-dawn-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}