{"product_id":"light-the-way","title":"Light the Way \/\/ (Pre-order, Feb 2 2027)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSisterhood is stronger than secrets.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe breakout novel from \"formidable talent\" (Ann Patchett) Monica West, a heart-wrenching coming-of-age novel about a young woman who follows her missing older sister into a cult in a courageous attempt to set them both free.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne ordinary night, Ramona Oliver's older sister Maya disappeared without a trace. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour years later, following an unlikely lead on her sister’s whereabouts, Ramona finds herself at The Way, the home of a mysterious all-female, Northern California religious community led by a charismatic guru named Shepherd. She immerses herself in life on the land, living and working alongside a community of women, including her sister. Soon, she uncovers unsettling questions about her family and becomes seduced by the utopia Shepherd promises. By the time Ramona realizes that this place isn’t what she thought it could be, she must save herself—and her sister—before it’s too late. But what if Maya is too far gone to be saved?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn exquisite, precise prose, Monica West takes readers from the claustrophobic apartment where the girls were both raised and neglected, to the bounty of an old farm that seems limitless in its freedoms and in its restrictions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight the Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is about the longing for the perfect family, about hope and perseverance in the face of impossible odds, about the bravery that young women must harness over and over again, simply to survive this world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMonica West's\u003c\/b\u003e debut novel \u003ci\u003eRevival Season \u003c\/i\u003ewas a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice, a Barnes and Noble Discover selection, and shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. A Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Monica has also received fellowships and funding from the Hawthornden Foundation, Ragdale, Bread Loaf, Hedgebrook, Kimbilio Fiction, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She currently teaches fiction at the University of San Francisco.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: February 02, 2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9798217184651\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.8 inches | 1.1 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Popular Fiction, Literary Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Monica West","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Feb 2 2027) Hardcover","offer_id":49362901991659,"sku":"9798217184651","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9798217184651.jpg?v=1788748014","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/light-the-way","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}