{"product_id":"the-gatepost-a-novel-by-tim-weed","title":"The Gatepost: A Novel by Tim Weed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A compellingly trippy journey.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife Project:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOne woman’s quest to find her father pushes her beyond the boundaries of space, time, and the human mind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEsme Weatherhead was twelve years old when her father, an amateur scientist and the author of a bestselling book on Mesoamerican shamanism, walked into the forest on their rural Vermont property and never came back. Twenty years later, she quit her job in San Francisco, got divorced, and moved back home with the goal of writing a book about her father’s life and sudden vanishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the course of her research, Esme uncovers an old field journal that describes a cave on the property she hadn’t known about, experiments involving high doses of psilocybin mushrooms, and a series of strangely vivid hallucinations. After searching unsuccessfully for the cave, she hires Lucas St. Pierre, a local geologist, to help her find it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, as they work to unravel the mystery of her father’s disappearance, Esme and Lucas must confront hidden forces that will test their sanity and put their safety at risk, ultimately leading to new insights about love, death, and the enduring resilience of life on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of Susanna Clarke’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePiranesi,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEmily St. John Mandel’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSea of Tranquility,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Richard Powers’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBewilderment,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTim Weed’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gatepost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eblends modern science and ancient cosmology to take readers on a journey offering hallucinatory glimpses into worlds beyond our own.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43910436290647,"sku":"9798347021000","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/6488\/2007\/files\/TBMBookmanagerImage_2_ef2412f7-92a7-457d-956c-15ba21f3f58b.jpg?v=1780076294","url":"https:\/\/nottawacottagebookstore.ca\/products\/the-gatepost-a-novel-by-tim-weed","provider":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}