{"product_id":"old-soul-hardcover","title":"Old Soul - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Barker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Historian \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eUnder the Skin \u003c\/i\u003ein this searingly provocative literary horror novel about one woman's determination to stay alive at any terrifying cost\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they've both brutally lost loved ones whose paths crossed with the same beguiling woman no one has seen since. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing traces this mysterious person left behind, Jake travels from country to country gathering chilling testimonies from others who encountered her across the decades--a trail of shattered souls that eventually leads him to Theo, a dying sculptor in rural New Mexico, who knows the woman better than anyone--and might just hold the key to who, or what, she is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart horror, part western, part thriller, \u003ci\u003e Old Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is a fearlessly bold and genre-defying tale about predation, morality and free will, and one man's quest to bring a centuries-long chain of human devastation to an end.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Barker\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books. Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Incarnations, \u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and Notable Book, a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews' \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. An excerpt from \u003ci\u003eOld Soul\u003c\/i\u003e won a Northern Writers' Award for Fiction in 2020, as well as funding from Arts Council England and The Society of Authors. Susan currently lives in Manchester, where she is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 9.32 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382361768114,"sku":"9780593718292","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ad801362f03d1c4f3b3643b24602e6f5.webp?v=1777834222","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/old-soul-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}