{"product_id":"the-wise-and-the-wicked-9780062699022","title":"The Wise and the Wicked","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rebecca Podos\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Clarion Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Clarion Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Paranormal, Occult \u0026amp; Supernatural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Podos, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLike Water\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with a lush, dark, and unforgettable story of the power of the past to shape our futures--and the courage it takes to change them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuby Chernyavsky has been told the stories since she was a child: The women in her family, once possessed of great magical abilities to remake lives and stave off death itself, were forced to flee their Russian home for America in order to escape the fearful men who sought to destroy them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuch has it always been\u003c\/em\u003e, Ruby's been told, \u003cem\u003efor powerful women\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, these stories seem no more real to Ruby than folktales, except for the smallest bit of power left in their blood: when each of them comes of age, she will have a vision of who she will be when she dies--a destiny as inescapable as it is inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuby is no exception, and neither is her mother, although she ran from her fate years ago, abandoning Ruby and her sisters. It's a fool's errand, because they all know the truth: there is no escaping one's Time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil Ruby's great-aunt Polina passes away, and, for the first time, a Chernyavsky's death does not match her vision. Suddenly, things Ruby never thought she'd be allowed to hope for--life, love, time--seem possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as she and her cousin Cece begin to dig into the family's history to find out whether they, too, can change their fates, they learn that nothing comes without a cost. Especially not hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45355209490583,"sku":"9780062699022","price":866.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780062699022.webp?v=1767670618","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-wise-and-the-wicked-9780062699022","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}