{"product_id":"weak-flesh","title":"Weak Flesh","description":"\u003cb\u003eA visceral and darkly comic historical debut about faith, female repression, and the bloody, humiliating extremes to which a young woman will go for absolution, perfect for fans of Lauren Groff, Jen Beagin, and Ottessa Moshfegh. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the suffocating heat wave of 1778, Louise-Hélène arrives at l'Abbaye Sainte-Claire de la Lumière with one fragile hope: that becoming a nun will redeem her family from the scandal that has ruined their good name. Unattractive, naïve, and already a disappointment to all who knew her, Louise embraces a life of obedience, poverty, and silence as a way to finally be useful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut beneath the abbey's rituals of prayer and penance, something feral stirs. As the local village's harvest festival approaches, the boundaries between sanctity and sin begin to break. Among sharp-tongued sisters, a quietly manipulative priest, and a local shepherd who upends Louise's rigid faith, her longing to prove her virtue begins to twist into something far more dangerous. At long last, she's going to be a very good girl--whatever it takes.","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48855999807693,"sku":"9780316611763","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_c911a3ea-a250-47f6-b078-4ad71126b77e.jpg?v=1794509758","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/weak-flesh","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}