{"product_id":"an-unkindness-of-ghosts","title":"An Unkindness of Ghosts","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eRIVERS SOLOMON’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT (LEE CHILD CALLED IT ‘PHENOMENAL’) EXAMINES CLASS, RACE, GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THE TELLING OF A RIP-ROARING SPACE ADVENTURE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eA breathtaking science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\" id=\"p-rc_09d64063a516681f-23\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-144\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-143 citation-144\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-143 citation-144 citation-145 citation-end-145\"\u003eAster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around h\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-143 citation-144 citation-end-144\"\u003eer until nothing remains of her world.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-143 citation-end-143\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"source-inline-chip-container luminous-sources ng-star-inserted\"\u003e\n\u003cbutton class=\"button multiple-button ng-star-inserted\" aria-label=\"View source details. 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For generations, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"127\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-141\"\u003eMatilda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-141 citation-end-141\"\u003e has ferried the last of humanity\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, \u003cspan class=\"citation-139\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-139 citation-140 citation-end-140\"\u003ethe ship’s leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-139 citation-end-139\"\u003e—if she’s willing to sow the seeds of civil war.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"source-inline-chip-container luminous-sources ng-star-inserted\"\u003e\n\u003cbutton class=\"button multiple-button ng-star-inserted\" aria-label=\"View source details. 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