{"product_id":"creep-a-love-story-9780063411012","title":"Creep: A Love Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCreep\u003c\/em\u003e is everything I want from a novel--it's obsessive, it's rapturous, it spirals into the most masochistic corners of the mind. A perfectly twisted debut.\"--Anna Dorn, author of \u003cem\u003ePerfume \u0026amp; Pain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An unforgettable portrait of monstrous obsession--weird, brilliant, terrifying, and utterly engrossing.\"--Sierra Greer, author of \u003cem\u003eAnnie Bot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom a blistering new voice in dark literary fiction, an unsettling portrait of loneliness, obsession, and identity which asks: if a stranger was left alone in your house, how well could they truly get to know you--enough to fall in love with you? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice and Tom are made for each other. Deeply connected, they share a flat in London, go to galleries together, enjoy the same books and wine. They even share a toothbrush. It's all picture perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept Alice and Tom have never met.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice has been cleaning Tom's apartment every Wednesday for a year. With every smudge wiped from his coffee cup, every multivitamin counted in the jar, Alice spirals deeper into infatuation, imagining a love so powerful it might erase a lifetime of self-hatred and loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as Alice prepares for the moment when she and Tom will finally meet face-to-face, she discovers that love might not be the cure she thought it was. Instead, the line between fantasy and reality becomes ever more blurred, shattering everything Alice thought she knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in Alice's compelling, deliciously acidic voice, \u003cem\u003e Creep\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary study of unreliability and unlikability. Exploring alienation, class, and race, it's a skilled debut with resonance in the way that we view women, mental health, and the lost in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Van Straaten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063411012","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43398004637833,"sku":"9780063411012","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ea60ce83-18f4-4426-be0e-e5532b343aba.jpg?v=1740472894","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/creep-a-love-story-9780063411012","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}