{"product_id":"hemlock-hardcover","title":"Hemlock - Hardcover","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\u003eMelissa Faliveno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelissa Faliveno is the author of the debut essay collection \u003ci\u003eTomboyland\u003c\/i\u003e, named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR, New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eOprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDebutiful\u003c\/i\u003e, and recipient of a 2021 Award for Outstanding Literary Achievement from the Wisconsin Library Association. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs. \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eBitch \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eSex and the Single Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eHit Repeat Until I Hate Music\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and raised in small-town Wisconsin and a longtime resident of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, she teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina and lives in the woods outside Chapel Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45085112402096,"sku":"9780316588195","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1121\/0060\/files\/2mp7B2RCJs9780316588195.webp?v=1777996959","url":"https:\/\/sidekicksptown.com\/products\/hemlock-hardcover","provider":"Sidekicks Ptown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}