{"product_id":"following-the","title":"The Following: A Novel","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n \u003ca class=\"active\" href=\"#tab1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab2\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab3\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n \n \u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n \u003cli class=\"active\" id=\"tab1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Liz Moore and Shari Lapena, a luminous literary thriller about the price we pay for fame and the extraordinary lengths we’ll go to escape it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn an ordinary winter afternoon, impossibly glamorous political wife Laura Barnett gathers her passport and cash, lights her kitchen on fire, and vanishes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaura’s escape ignites a media frenzy — soon she is hotly pursued by a group of devoted superfans tracking her movements using a social media network dedicated to her disappearance. They call themselves the Following.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, relying on charm, bribes, and friends who might also be enemies, Laura drifts from Spain, through Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, and lastly Sierra Leone as she attempts to slip from the public’s gaze. Traveling south by yacht, bus, and dusty poda poda while finding companionship and beauty in the deserts, beaches, and border towns of North and West Africa, Laura transforms while her past falls further and further behind — but her Following refuses to relinquish their pursuit. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith gripping and clear-eyed prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Following\u003c\/i\u003e details Laura’s fraught marriage in the public eye, her cross-continental escape, and the compulsion to follow a woman who is both revered and infamous, and refuses to be found. Part thriller and part cultural commentary, \u003ci\u003eThe Following\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing, urgent novel examining the price of surveillance and public scrutiny, the cultural and societal differences between the Global North and South, and the way 21st-century fame — both invited and uninvited — poisons our most intimate relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable April 6, 2027. 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Her writing has won recognition from MacDowell, Yaddo, Vermont Studio Centre, and elsewhere. She lives on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish First Nations of Vancouver, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli id=\"tab3\"\u003e\n \u003cp\u003ePublished: April 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781770418882\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003ePages: 264\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n \n \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n \n \u003cdiv class=\"grid__item large--one-half review\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n \n \u003cdiv class=\"grid__item large--one-half review\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bailly, Leah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45500843688051,"sku":"9781770418882","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"ePub","offer_id":45500843720819,"sku":"9781778526534","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PDF","offer_id":45500843753587,"sku":"9781778526541","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2207\/files\/9781770418882.jpg?v=1789486447","url":"https:\/\/ecwpress.com\/products\/following-the","provider":"ECW Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}