{"product_id":"the-book-of-lost-stories","title":"The Book of Lost Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lost journal. A long-buried secret. A story waiting to be told.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cleo Finch has loved gothic literature all her life. She's spent years researching and writing her thesis on the works of one gothic novelist in particular, Orlando Browne, and is determined to prove that Browne was the pen name of a female author, Alys Weston. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But as her best friend Tris never fails to remind her, she still hasn't succeeded in finding concrete evidence that proves this to be true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That is, until Cleo's Uncle Ambrose unknowingly gifts her Alys' very own journal, forgotten in a stack of first-edition gothic novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Cleo begins deciphering Alys' diary entries, she finds herself utterly absorbed by Alys' vivid descriptions of the people in her own life - particularly the rakish Lord Rayven - and the challenges Alys faced trying to keep Orlando's true identity a secret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And so, newly inspired, Cleo sets aside her thesis to pen a gothic novel of her own . . .","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942711034087,"sku":"9781804997178","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_d54cd664-e2cb-4aef-ac1c-6c9b17fa44de.jpg?v=1775267556","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-book-of-lost-stories","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}