{"product_id":"the-pecan-children","title":"The Pecan Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"With creeping claustrophobia and a filter of the surreal over lushly detailed lives, The Pecan Children captures both the magic and despair of trying to hold onto home when the world is determined to take it away from you.\" ― Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mister Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of The Midnight Library and Demon Copperhead comes a breathtaking story of magical realism about two sisters, deeply tied to their small Southern town, fighting to break free of the darkness swallowing the land―and its endless cycle of pecan harvests―whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow long will you hold on when your world is gone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a small southern pecan town, the annual harvest is a time of both celebration and heartbreak. Even as families are forced to sell their orchards and move away, Lil Clearwater, keeper of a secret covenant with her land, swears she never will. When her twin Sasha returns to the dwindling town in hopes of reconnecting with the girl her heart never forgot, the sisters struggle to bridge their differences and share the immense burden of protecting their home from hungry forces intent on uprooting everything they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is rot hiding deep beneath the surface. Ghostly fires light up the night, and troubling local folklore is revealed to be all too true. Confronted with the phantoms of their pasts and the devastating threat to their future, the sisters come to the stark realization that in the kudzu-choked South, nothing is ever as it appears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of the love between sisters, and an allegory of decay in small-town America, The Pecan Children walks the line between beauty and horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso By Quinn Connor:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCicadas Sing of Summer Graves\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks Landmark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49440345129267,"sku":"9781728263908","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/6181\/5859\/files\/9781728263908.jpg?v=1717118002","url":"https:\/\/www.bluebirdcrozet.com\/products\/the-pecan-children","provider":"Bluebird \u0026 Company Crozet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}