{"product_id":"what-the-forest-devours-by-elaine-vilar-madruga","title":"What the Forest Devours by Elaine Vilar Madruga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 24 SEPT 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Shocking… violence, motherhood and death in the jungle' Mariana Enríquez, author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBenedicta has given birth, over and over. But she will never be a mother. Benedicta lives with her mother, her sister and her many children on a hacienda surrounded by dense rainforest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe jungle is a hungry god: it allows them to live safely away from a ruthless world of guerrillas and drug traffickers, but at a terrible price. Its voracity is never-ending, and those who live under its control must offer up their children in a sacrificial cycle powered by blood and madness. One day Romina, a pregnant sex worker from the nearest town, emerges from the rainforest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWill she be the one to break the cycle? Brutal, powerful and deeply unsettling, this Caribbean gothic fable about motherhood and the female body is a truly unique and unforgettable novel, from a writer at the peak of her powers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback | Extent: 384 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 24 Sept 2026, Harper Collins | ISBN: 9780008727147\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57868052070782,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780008727147.jpg?v=1787136498","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/what-the-forest-devours-by-elaine-vilar-madruga","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}