{"product_id":"marlena-a-novel","title":"Marlena: A Novel — Friendship, Grief \u0026 Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarlena\u003c\/strong\u003e follows fifteen-year-old Cat after a move to a small Michigan town where she meets Marlena, a magnetic and self-destructive neighbor. Their intense friendship propels Cat through a single, fateful year whose consequences echo for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in a careful back-and-forth between past and present, the novel examines how youthful choices, loss, and the persistence of memory define a life long after an event has passed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders who appreciate literary contemporary fiction will find a quietly powerful study of friendship, grief, and the ways we keep—or try to bury—what haunts us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSetting: rural Michigan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThemes: coming-of-age, grief, memory, friendship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Henry Holt and Company • 274 pages • Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Just Great Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45025287766250,"sku":"CAD-16-Shelf-4-ST-5-14-29-865K-0.85lb","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1735\/7290\/files\/912wf7QLapL.jpg?v=1744488237","url":"https:\/\/justgreatbooks.org\/products\/marlena-a-novel","provider":"Just Great Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}