{"product_id":"catherine-house-book-elisabeth-thomas-9780062905659","title":"Catherine House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[A] delicious literary Gothic debut.\" -THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, EDITORS' CHOICE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Moody and evocative as a fever dream, Catherine House is\u003cbr\u003e the sort of book that wraps itself around your brain, drawing you closer with\u003cbr\u003e each hypnotic step.\" - THE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Most Anticipated\u003cbr\u003e Novel by Entertainment\u003cbr\u003e Weekly * New York magazine * Cosmopolitan * The\u003cbr\u003e Atlantic * Forbes * Good\u003cbr\u003e Housekeeping * Parade * Better Homes and Gardens * HuffPost\u003cbr\u003e * Buzzfeed * Newsweek * Harper's Bazaar * Ms. Magazine\u003cbr\u003e * Woman's Day * PopSugar * and more!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA\u003cbr\u003e gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite\u003cbr\u003e university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate who\u003cbr\u003e uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students . . . and the\u003cbr\u003e dark truth beneath her school's promise of prestige.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrust us, you belong here.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatherine\u003cbr\u003e House is a school of higher learning like no other. Hidden deep in the woods of\u003cbr\u003e rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its\u003cbr\u003e experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable\u003cbr\u003e endowment, has produced some of the world's best minds: prize-winning authors,\u003cbr\u003e artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. For those lucky few\u003cbr\u003e selected, tuition, room, and board are free. But acceptance comes with a price.\u003cbr\u003e Students are required to give the House three years--summers included--completely\u003cbr\u003e removed from the outside world. Family, friends, television, music, even their\u003cbr\u003e clothing must be left behind. In return, the school promises a future of\u003cbr\u003e sublime power and prestige, and that its graduates can become anything or\u003cbr\u003e anyone they desire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong\u003cbr\u003e this year's incoming class is Ines Murillo, who expects to trade blurry nights\u003cbr\u003e of parties, cruel friends, and dangerous men for rigorous intellectual\u003cbr\u003e discipline--only to discover an environment of sanctioned revelry. Even the\u003cbr\u003e school's enigmatic director, Viktória, encourages the students to explore, to expand\u003cbr\u003e their minds, to find themselves within the formidable iron gates of Catherine.\u003cbr\u003e For Ines, it is the closest thing to a home she's ever had. But the House's\u003cbr\u003e strange protocols soon make this refuge, with its worn velvet and weathered\u003cbr\u003e leather, feel increasingly like a gilded prison. And when tragedy strikes, Ines\u003cbr\u003e begins to suspect that the school--in all its shabby splendor, hallowed history,\u003cbr\u003e advanced theories, and controlled decadence--might be hiding a dangerous agenda\u003cbr\u003e within the secretive, tightly knit group of students selected to study its most\u003cbr\u003e promising and mysterious curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining\u003cbr\u003e the haunting sophistication and dusky, atmospheric style of Sarah Waters with\u003cbr\u003e the unsettling isolation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Catherine\u003cbr\u003e House is a devious, deliciously steamy, and suspenseful page-turner\u003cbr\u003e with shocking twists and sharp edges that is sure to leave readers breathless.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49530154287377,"sku":"CIN0062905651G","price":4.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49929746252049,"sku":"GOR013817231","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50004948189457,"sku":"CIN0062905651VG","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53137967382801,"sku":"CIN0062905651A","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0062905651.jpg?v=1751132013","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/catherine-house-book-elisabeth-thomas-9780062905659","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}