{"product_id":"the-grip-of-it-paperback","title":"The Grip of It - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJac Jemc\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the\u003ci\u003e Chicago Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eFiction Award, Dan Chaon's Best of 2017 pick in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, one of \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2017, a \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine \"Looking Back on 2017: Literature\" Pick, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eone of Vulture's 10 Best Thriller Books of 2017.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJac Jemc's \u003ci\u003eThe Grip of It\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling literary horror novel about a young couple haunted by their newly purchased home\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTouring their prospective suburban home, Julie and James are stopped by a noise. Deep and vibrating, like throat singing. Ancient, husky, and rasping, but underwater. \"That's just the house settling,\" the real estate agent assures them with a smile. He is wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe move--prompted by James's penchant for gambling and his general inability to keep his impulses in check--is quick and seamless; both Julie and James are happy to start afresh. But this house, which sits between a lake and a forest, has its own plans for the unsuspecting couple. As Julie and James try to establish a sense of normalcy, the home and its surrounding terrain become the locus of increasingly strange happenings. The framework-- claustrophobic, riddled with hidden rooms within rooms--becomes unrecognizable, decaying before their eyes. Stains are animated on the wall--contracting, expanding--and map themselves onto Julie's body in the form of painful, grisly bruises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the house that torments the troubled married couple living within its walls, \u003ci\u003eThe Grip of It \u003c\/i\u003eoozes with palpable terror and skin-prickling dread. Its architect, Jac Jemc, meticulously traces Julie and James's unsettling journey through the depths of their new home as they fight to free themselves from its crushing grip.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJac Jemc\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Only Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2013 PEN \/ Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award, and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eA Different Bed Every Time\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been the recipient of two Illinois Arts Council Professional Development Grants, and in 2014 was named one of 25 Writers to Watch by the Guild Literary Complex and one of Newcity's Lit 50 in Chicago. She recently completed a stint as the writer in residence at the University of Notre Dame and currently teaches at Northeastern Illinois University and StoryStudio Chicago, as well as online at Writers \u0026amp; Books and the Loft Literary Center, and she is the web nonfiction editor for \u003ci\u003eHobart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44301429866598,"sku":"9780374536916","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dGttWVFXUWQ0Ni9FWmVNZDAzejgxZz09.webp?v=1767416125","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-grip-of-it-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}