{"product_id":"ruins-child","title":"Ruins, Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in what may be the near future, \u003cem\u003eRuins, Child\u003c\/em\u003e follows six women living together in a crumbling apartment tower, where survival depends as much on community as it does on endurance. Their lives unfold through fragments of conversation, memory, folklore, movement, and observation, creating a rich mosaic that blurs the boundaries between individual and collective experience. As the city around them decays, the women forge new ways of seeing, listening, and imagining a future beyond the ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2024 Novel Prize, Giada Scodellaro's debut novel is a bold and formally inventive work that resists easy classification. Drawing on Black history, urban landscapes, choreography, and oral storytelling, \u003cem\u003eRuins, Child\u003c\/em\u003e is a lyrical meditation on resistance, belonging, and the power of communal life. Beautifully original and deeply atmospheric, it announces an exciting new literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiada Scodellaro is an Italian-born writer and artist who was raised in the Bronx, New York. Her debut collection, \u003cem\u003eSome of Them Will Carry Me\u003c\/em\u003e, was named one of \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Books of 2022. A recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, her writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBOMB\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBrick\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eRuins, Child\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2024 Novel Prize, is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Directions Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApril 7, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e128\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary Fiction · Experimental Fiction · Black Literature · Dystopian Fiction · Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9780811240215\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306936131766,"sku":"9780811240215","price":24.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9780811240215.jpg?v=1785506243","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/ruins-child","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}