{"product_id":"the-hounding-a-novel-1","title":"The Hounding: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eNational Bestseller • A New York Times Book Review Book Club Pick • A New York Times Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, TIME and Kirkus Reviews • The Crucible meets The Virgin Suicides in this haunting debut about five sisters in a small village in eighteenth-century England whose neighbors are convinced they’re turning into dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eONE OF PEOPLE’S, APPLE BOOKS’, AND AMAZON’S BEST BOOKS OF AUGUST 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wildly inventive riff on the Gothic form, with enough suspense and mounting dread to rival Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery.’”\u003cbr\u003e―The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on the riverbank to portentous ravens gathering on the roofs of people about to die. But when the villagers start to hear barking, and one claims to see the Mansfield sisters transform before his very eyes, the allegations spark fascination and fear like nothing has before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truth is that though the inhabitants of Little Nettlebed have never much liked the Mansfield girls―a little odd, think some; a little high on themselves, perhaps―they’ve always had plenty to say about them. As the rotating perspectives of five villagers quickly make clear, now is no exception. Even if local belief in witchcraft is waning, an aversion to difference is as widespread as ever, and these conflicting narratives all point to the same ultimate conclusion: Something isn’t right in Little Nettlebed, and the sisters will be the ones to pay for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA richly atmospheric parable of the pleasures and perils of female defiance, The Hounding considers whether in any age it might be safer to be a dog than an unusual young girl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53211810529587,"sku":"9781250366405","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/1108\/1267\/files\/9781250366405.jpg?v=1775678753","url":"https:\/\/slantoflightbooks.com\/products\/the-hounding-a-novel-1","provider":"Slant of Light Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}