{"product_id":"a-fortune-of-sand","title":"A Fortune of Sand","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe daughter of an automotive magnate escapes to an artistic retreat that holds more secrets--and more intrigue--than she could have ever imagined, in this Prohibition-era novel from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSalt to the Sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Enthralling . . . While history is often molded by those in power, there are always those who can wrest control and write a new story of their own.\"--Marie Benedict, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Personal Librarian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe First Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetroit, 1927. A city of smoke and ambition, where glittering wealth conceals a graveyard of secrets.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarjorie Lennox is the youngest daughter of a powerful automotive dynasty, a family known for money, not manners. Artistic, impulsive, and always slightly out of step, Marjorie has long been dismissed by her controlling father and self-absorbed siblings. But when she secretly applies to an exclusive arts program funded by an elusive benefactor, she sees a chance to redefine herself on her own terms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe building is grand. The participants are gifted. But something...is off. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe program is uncomfortably restrictive. Doors lock at odd hours. Strange sounds echo through the halls amid whispers that women are disappearing. And the handsome benefactor--mostly absent, yet somehow everywhere--begins to unnerve her. As Marjorie's sense of self begins to slip, so does her grip on the truth. What happens to women who don't fit neatly into a gilded frame? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the crumbling grandeur of 1920s Detroit and inspired by actual, long-buried historical events, \u003ci\u003eA Fortune of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting mosaic of glamour and grift--a novel about those who vanish, and those who demand to be seen.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942203457767,"sku":"9798217093243","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_0c18b7fd-4fc8-4c17-ac93-7fb098c9d7e0.jpg?v=1775247801","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/a-fortune-of-sand","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}