{"product_id":"gallows-orchard-by-claire-spencer-paperback","title":"Gallows' Orchard, by Claire Spencer (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a Scottish village ruled by custom, suspicion, and hard moral judgment, one fearless young woman becomes a force the community cannot absorb. Orphaned and unguarded, she moves through a world of watchful neighbors, private resentments, and dangerous expectations, where independence can be read as defiance and desire can carry a fatal cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1930, \u003cem\u003eGallows' Orchard\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark literary tragedy with the pressure of a mystery and the atmosphere of rural gothic fiction. Marriage, childbirth, murder, and death gather around a life shaped by beauty, passion, and isolation, turning village life into a landscape of dread. Stark, haunting, and emotionally severe, this debut novel offers a portrait of a woman caught between her own will and the unforgiving world that names her fate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184474915025,"sku":"9781434417794","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781434417794_FC.jpg?v=1784070691","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/gallows-orchard-by-claire-spencer-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}