{"product_id":"if-the-dead-belong-here-9780593830918","title":"If the Dead Belong Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Minnesota Book Award Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlisted for the Crook's Corner Book Prize A \u003ci\u003eCrimeReads \u003c\/i\u003eBest Debut Crime Novel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fierce, lyrical, and unrelentingly intimate . . . This is a story about hauntings both literal and inherited, a child gone missing, and the women who carry everything that came before. Faust doesn't just bend form--he breaks it open. --Morgan Talty, national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Rez\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Carson Faust debuts as a literary force.\" --Monica Brashears, author of \u003ci\u003eHouse of Cotton\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a young girl goes missing, the ghosts of the past collide with her family's secrets in a mesmerizing Native American Southern Gothic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen six-year-old Laurel Taylor vanishes without a trace, her family is left shattered, struggling to navigate the darkness of grief and unanswered questions. As their search turns to despair, Laurel's older sister, Nadine, begins experiencing nightmares that blur the line between dream and reality, and she becomes convinced that Laurel's disappearance could be connected to other family tragedies. Guided by her elders, Nadine sets out to uncover whether laying the ghosts to rest is the key to finding her sister and healing her fractured family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarson Faust captivates in this chilling literary debut that confronts the specter of colonization and the generational scars it leaves on Native American families. Steeped in Indigenous folklore and drawing from the author's own family history, \u003ci\u003eIf the Dead Belong Here \u003c\/i\u003eexamines what it means to be haunted--both by the supernatural and by terrors of our own making. Faust crafts a powerful, kaleidoscopic tale about the complicated legacies of violence that shape our present, the importance of honoring our past, and the resilience of a family--and a people--determined to heal from old wounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17503580\"\u003eCarson Faust\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593830918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593830911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC059060\"\u003eIndigenous | Horror\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC031070\"\u003eThrillers | Supernatural\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarson Faust\u003c\/b\u003e is two-spirit and an enrolled member of the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina. He is the recipient of fellowships from the McKnight Foundation and the Jerome Foundation. His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNever Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55687792689451,"sku":"9780593830918","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/7966\/2379\/files\/9780593830918.jpg?v=1790357618","url":"https:\/\/www.txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/if-the-dead-belong-here-9780593830918","provider":"TX CorrectionsBookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}