{"product_id":"the-thing-about-amanda-ebook","title":"The Thing About Amanda • Ebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Thing About Amanda: A Story in Letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Merle Bennett's holiday plans are upended by her mother's illness, she finds herself grounded in the United States — and unexpectedly drawn into a mystery she can't let go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough a steady exchange of letters and emails with her partner Pascal back in France, Merle begins to unspool the story of Amanda: her late husband Harry's elderly aunt, now serving time in prison for the death of her husband Clifton. A woman who raised Harry after his parents died. A woman with secrets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat really happened on that dark night on Long Island, when a car slid into an oak tree on a dangerous curve and left a child an orphan? The accident was never investigated. No one seemed to ask why. And the more Merle asks, the more the silence around that night begins to feel deliberate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArmed with curiosity, old newspaper clippings, and the tenacious support of her sisters, Merle traces the threads of a decades-old story — piecing together interviews, documents, and long-buried memories to understand the forces that shaped Harry's life long before she ever knew him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Thing About Amanda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sharp, absorbing epistolary mystery about the secrets families keep, and the women stubborn enough to drag them into the light. A mystery about grief, family loyalty, and the uncomfortable truths we inherit from the dead. Told through letters, emails, and the fragmentary record of lives half-remembered, it builds to a conclusion that is as surprising as it is inevitable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"shop.lisemcclendon.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49131567087845,"sku":"ShPAmanda","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/1216\/1765\/files\/The-Thing-About-Amanda-Kindle.jpg?v=1779404387","url":"https:\/\/shop.lisemcclendon.com\/products\/the-thing-about-amanda-ebook","provider":"shop.lisemcclendon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}