{"product_id":"the-sin-eater-9781529019070","title":"The Sin Eater","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in a thinly disguised sixteenth-century England, Megan Campisi's \u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully rich story of treason and treachery; of women, of power, and the strange freedom that comes from being an outcast – because, sometimes, being a nobody sometimes counts for everything . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A dark and thrilling page-turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past in an unnervingly contemporary way' - Emma Donoghue, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Sin Eater’s duty is a necessary evil: she hears the confessions of the dying, eats their sins as a funeral rite. Stained by these sins, she is shunned and silenced, doomed to live in exile at the edge of town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently orphaned May Owens is just fourteen, only concerned with where her next meal is coming from. When she’s arrested for stealing a loaf of bread, however, and subsequently sentenced to become a Sin Eater, finding food is suddenly the last of her worries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a devastating sentence, but May’s new invisibility opens new doors. And when first one then two of the Queen’s courtiers suddenly grow ill, May hears their deathbed confessions – and begins to investigate a terrible rumour that is only whispered of amid palace corridors . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan you uncover the truth when you’re forbidden from speaking it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dark and thrilling page-turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past in an unnervingly contemporary way. All hail Megan Campisi -- Emma Donoghue, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRich with imaginative and historical details, \u003ci\u003eThe Sin Eater \u003c\/i\u003eis ultimately a timeless story of one woman regaining her power. I loved it from beginning to end -- Christina Dalcher, author of \u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptivating . . . An original melding of mystery and alternate history * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eRichly imaginative and strikingly contemporary [and] very much reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003e[A] rousing, impressive debut . . . Spellbinding * Publisher's Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eMagnificent . . . Hillary Mantel’s \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBring Up the Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e brought new vividness and insight to the court of Henry VIII; in The \u003ci\u003eSin Eater\u003c\/i\u003e, Megan Campisi brings as much or more energy to the court of Elizabeth I * New York Journal of Books *","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48740096016727,"sku":"9781529019070","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529019070.jpg?v=1720053870","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sin-eater-9781529019070","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}