{"product_id":"9781035416189","title":"Sour Cherry","description":"Author: Natalia Theodoridou\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035416189\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2026 LOCUS AWARD - BEST FIRST NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOMINATED FOR 2025 NEBULA AWARD - BEST NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Slow, haunting and strangely beautiful'\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Read it and be changed' B. PLADEK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully told in rhythmic, singing prose' RORY POWER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Masterfully crafted ... Theodoridou has an amazing talent for storytelling' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eASSOCIATED PRESS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomething terrible has happened.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a mysterious apartment filled with ghosts, our unnamed narrator attempts to explain this to her child - how do I talk about this? she wonders.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe truth must become something beautiful. We must begin with a fairy tale.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so she begins to construct a beautiful fairy tale for her child - one that begins with a strange baby boy whose nails grow too fast and whose skin smells of soil. As he grows from a boy into a man, a plague seems to follow him everywhere. Tragedy strikes in cycles - and wife after wife, death after death, plague after plague, every woman he touches becomes a ghost. These ghosts call out desperately to our narrator as she tries to explain, in the very real world, exactly what has happened to her.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd they all agree on one thing, an inescapable truth about this man, this powerful lord who has loved them and led them each to ruin:\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you leave, you die. But if you die, you stay.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut novel as emotionally poignant as it is fiercely smart, Sour Cherry is an arresting debut examining toxic masculinity through its chorus of women - deconstructing the idea of what makes someone a monster.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67827607470238,"sku":"ADS-9781035416189","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035416189.jpg?v=1793077895","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035416189","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}