{"title":"Books by Bethany C. Morrow","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780593185384","title":"Cherish Farrah","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by \u003ci\u003ePopSugar,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e magazine,\u003c\/b\u003e Medium, \u003ci\u003eBook Riot, BookPage, CrimeReads,\u003c\/i\u003e Tor \u003cb\u003eNightfire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Bookshop\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e Book Talk, BiblioLifestyle\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e and more! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN APRIL 2022 BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Morrow uses her heroine’s warped perspective to examine painful truths about race and class in America, but this isn’t a book intended to teach anyone a lesson, except maybe: Be careful. You never know who’s really in control.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow comes a new adult social horror novel in the vein of \u003ci\u003eGet Out \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eMy Sister, the Serial Killer\u003c\/i\u003e, about Farrah, a young, calculating Black girl who manipulates her way into the lives of her Black best friend’s white, wealthy, adoptive family but soon suspects she may not be the only one with ulterior motives. . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen-year-old Farrah Turner is one of two Black girls in her country club community, and the only one with Black parents. Her best friend, Cherish Whitman, adopted by a white, wealthy family, is something Farrah likes to call WGS—White Girl Spoiled. With Brianne and Jerry Whitman as parents, Cherish is given the kind of adoration and coddling that even upper-class Black parents can’t seem to afford—and it creates a dissonance in her best friend that Farrah can exploit. When her own family is unexpectedly confronted with foreclosure, the calculating Farrah is determined to reassert the control she’s convinced she’s always had over her life by staying with Cherish, the only person she loves—even when she hates her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs troubled Farrah manipulates her way further into the Whitman family, the longer she stays, the more her own parents suggest that something is wrong in the Whitman house. She might trust them—if they didn’t think something was wrong with Farrah, too. When strange things start happening at the Whitman household—debilitating illnesses, upsetting fever dreams, an inexplicable tension with Cherish’s hotheaded boyfriend, and a mysterious journal that seems to keep track of what is happening to Farrah—it’s nothing she can’t handle. But soon everything begins to unravel when the Whitmans invite Farrah closer, and it’s anyone’s guess who is really in control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in Farrah’s chilling, unforgettable voice and weaving in searing commentary on race and class, this slow-burn social horror will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56293337334133,"sku":"9780593185384","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780593185384_3d426776-1df7-4264-94c5-a08e62e1b2cc.jpg?v=1786014696"},{"product_id":"9781250853516","title":"So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. 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Black people have begun building a community of their own, a refuge from the shadow of the \"old life.\" It is where the March family has finally been able to safely put down roots with four young daughters:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeg, a teacher who longs to find love and start a family of her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJo, a writer whose words are too powerful to be contained.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeth, a talented seamstress searching for a higher purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmy, a dancer eager to explore life outside her family's home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the four March sisters come into their own as independent young women, they will face first love, health struggles, heartbreak, and new horizons. 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A narrative about four young women who unreservedly deserve the world, and a balm for wounds to Black lives and liberty.\" —Tracy Deonn, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLegendborn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A tender and beautiful retelling that will make you fall in love with the foursome all over again.\" —Tiffany D. 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