{"product_id":"hemlock-9780316607674","title":"Hemlock","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e's Must Read Books of Winter 2026 Most Anticipated in Autostraddle, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, and Debutiful Book Riot's Best Queer Books of January 2026\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Faliveno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.00w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316607674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Melissa Faliveno \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47659116331165,"sku":"9780316607674","price":52.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c4b8ff91-1a96-4667-bb62-7b916cebf2f7.jpg?v=1771350578","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/hemlock-9780316607674","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}