{"product_id":"until-death-9780316597173","title":"Until Death","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSay Yes to the Dress\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eRosemary's Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\" (Margie Sarsfield) in this fresh, darkly funny horror novel in which a woman finally agrees to marry the man of her mother's dreams. . . only to discover that wedding planning will eat you alive. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If Ophelia Cohen learned one thing from her parents, it's that getting married is a bad idea. But if she's learning anything from her widowed mother's dementia, it's that dying alone is worse. So when she meets Luke--the man of her mother's dreams--marriage suddenly doesn't seem so crazy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But none of Ophelia's obsessive scrolling on wedding forums can prepare her for the nightmare of planning her own. Why is her mother-in-law going crazy over every detail? Why is Luke's family so eager to host the wedding in their vineyard's ancient chapel? And what \u003ci\u003eexactly \u003c\/i\u003ewill Ophelia have to sacrifice if she and her mother both hope to survive her special day? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shot through with wicked humor, pitch-black horror, and unexpected romance, \u003ci\u003eUntil Death\u003c\/i\u003e is a deliciously dark and funny send-up of the wedding industrial complex--and a mother-daughter story unlike any you've read before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Recognizes the Gothic horror inherent to planning a wedding and creates from it a painfully incisive and genuinely haunting fever dream.\" --Kay Chronister, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bog Wife \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Completely unique, deeply unnerving, and deviously funny.\" --Samantha Allen, author of \u003ci\u003ePatricia Wants to Cuddle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrabbed me like a creeping vine and wouldn't let go.\" --Kerry Cullen, author of \u003ci\u003eHouse of Beth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Glistens with humor and horror. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying and affecting debut.\" --Samantha Hunt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Berman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.47w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316597173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mary Berman is a Philadelphia-based writer. She earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of Mississippi, where she was a Graduate Excellence Fellow, and she also holds a BA in writing seminars from Johns Hopkins University. Her short works have been published in \u003ci\u003eCicada, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePseudoPod\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFireside Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere.\u003ci\u003e Until Death \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mary Berman \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48351890669725,"sku":"9780316597173","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_781e79ea-dc00-4dcf-9a6a-58eeb18e496a.jpg?v=1779983872","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/until-death-9780316597173","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}