{"product_id":"cardiff-by-the-sea","title":"Cardiff By The Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of \u003ci\u003eBLONDE\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major motion picture, come four psychologically daring and chillingly suspenseful stories where women face threats both past and present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Pennsylvania academic unearths a terrifying trauma from her past after inheriting a house in Cardiff, Maine from a stranger. A lonely pubescent girl befriends a feral cat that protects her from the increasingly aggressive men that surround her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant but shy college sophomore realizes she is pregnant and, distraught, allows a distinguished visiting professor to take her under his wing. And a widower remarries, but finds his young bride haunted by his dead wife''s voice dancing in the wind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A stylish, suspenseful quartet of novellas tinged with the supernatural.'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for Joyce Carol Oates:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A writer of extraordinary strengths.'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''Both haunting and sublime.'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''Splendidly chilling.'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315582378366,"sku":"NW9781800241411","price":9.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781800241411.jpg?v=1778677307","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/cardiff-by-the-sea","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}