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And in the wake of a suicide attempt, Edgar finds himself in the mysterious Darkening Land: a place between the living and the dead, where old atrocities echo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing deeply on Cherokee folklore, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Removed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e seamlessly blends the real and spiritual to excavate the deep reverberations of trauma—a meditation on family, grief, home, and the power of stories on both a personal and ancestral level.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50246674579702,"sku":"9780062997555","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/6819\/6086\/files\/Didyouknow-16_29f377fa-f9d1-4d12-826c-f4c209a03d98.png?v=1775153558"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/6819\/6086\/collections\/4_2c565759-c35b-4639-85eb-ded47a41df0c.webp?v=1758584652","url":"https:\/\/www.beastlybooks.live\/collections\/historical-fiction.oembed","provider":"Beastly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}