{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20260424T163327Z","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250828015?tag=bookfrontier-20","asin":"1250828015","authors":["Charlotte McConaghy"],"book_id":"9781250828019","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/wild-dark-shore-1250828015","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781250828019.jpg?v=20260424T163327Z%3A2026-04-24T16%3A33%3A27Z","description":"REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB'S BOOK OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, TIME, USA Today, The Economist, Scientific American, Good Housekeeping, Reader's Digest, BuzzFeed, BookRiot, HuffPost, Jezebel, The Globe and Mail, Kirkus , and more! ) \"A breathtaking novel of ROMANCE, MYSTERY, AND TWISTS that will shock you...I love this book so much.\" —Reese Witherspoon \"A WILDLY TALENTED writer.\" ―Emily St. John Mandel “Absolutely ASTONISHING. 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