{"product_id":"the-darlings","title":"The Darlings","description":"\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"33d4ac64-e6c3-ca1c-c9d2-baa6e43fc7ee\"]' data-w-id=\"33d4ac64-e6c3-ca1c-c9d2-baa6e43fc7ee\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe daring new novel from the author of \u003cem data-palette=\"Emphasized\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"c3897099-402a-4c33-d142-090c9438025b\"]' data-w-id=\"c3897099-402a-4c33-d142-090c9438025b\"\u003eThe Emergence of Judy Taylor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"9be44192-da61-cc0a-71b4-4a16e07cfc13\"]' data-w-id=\"9be44192-da61-cc0a-71b4-4a16e07cfc13\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSEMI-FINALIST: Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"9be44192-da61-cc0a-71b4-4a16e07cfc13\"]' data-w-id=\"9be44192-da61-cc0a-71b4-4a16e07cfc13\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"034c499b-60d9-cbb0-9989-051be459157e\"]' data-w-id=\"034c499b-60d9-cbb0-9989-051be459157e\"\u003eWhen Mark Darling is fifteen years old, he is the golden boy, captain of the school football team, admired by all who know him. 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