The Dream Peddler

The Dream Peddler. Astonishing . . . Explores the vast underground legacy of our own desires. This is the must-read book of the year.   Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of The Child FinderA richly imagined debut novel about a traveling salesman and the small town he changes foreverIf someone offered you a magic elixir that could conjure any dream you wanted . . . would you take it?Traveling salesmen like Robert Owens have passed through Evie Dawson s town before, but none of them offered anything like what he has to sell: dreams, made to order, with satisfaction guaranteed.Soon after he arrives, the community is shocked by the disappearance of Evie s young son. The townspeople, shaken by the Dawson family s tragedy and captivated by Robert s subversive magic, begin to experiment with his dreams. And Evie, devastated by grief, turns to Robert for a comfort only he can sell her. But the dream peddler s wares awaken in his customers their most carefully buried desires,and despite all his good intentions, some of them will lead to disaster.Gorgeously told through the eyes of Evie, Robert, and a broad cast of fully realized characters, The Dream Peddler is an imaginative, moving novel of overcoming loss and reckoning with the longings we keep secret.... Mehr