{"product_id":"the-porcelain-sisters","title":"The Porcelain Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA shy young woman and her deeply unpleasant--and literally porcelain--sister fight for their inheritance, taking on an impossible array of enemies, including a chain-smoking demon crow, an unkillable assassin, and a secret clan of French sorceresses. In his newest adventure, World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award-winner Daryl Gregory \u003c\/i\u003e(We Are All Completely Fine)\u003ci\u003e delivers a dizzying, darkly funny, and surprisingly poignant romp through the horrors of sisterhood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDaryl Gregory's fecund imagination conjures up another winner out of porcelain, dark magic and twisted humor in this intoxicating brew of delicious mayhem.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLavie Tidhar, author of \u003c\/i\u003eThe Three Coffin Problem \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuth Winslow is trying to save up enough money to finish college while looking after her sister, Isabel--who happens to be a haunted doll. When an accident severely damages Isabel's porcelain body, the sisters have to find the only woman who can fix her, the fearsome witch known as La Fabricante--the Dollmaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe big problem? The Dollmaker also heads the French witch mafia called Le Clan des Sorcières. The sisters head to Marseille, where they take on Chiffon, a red-headed, unkillable assassin; a collection of angry, haunted dolls; plus a pair of demons--one a cigarette-smoking crow, the other a black cat--and their human familiars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, the sisters learn that they've been lied to their entire lives. Their mother wasn't just a homemaker who died in a car accident, she was a legendary enforcer in the Le Clan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Ruth has to come out of her shell and deal with her own latent powers, Isabel has to grow up in a body that can't grow. Together they'll have to outwit and outfight everyone to claim their birthright.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67612983296368,"sku":"9781616964719","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_480e8abe-41de-4a03-bc60-0464432064c5.jpg?v=1790834516","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/the-porcelain-sisters","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}