{"product_id":"the-burning-girl-claire-messud","title":"The Burning Girl By Claire Messud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA bracing and hypnotic portrait of the complexities of female friendship from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE WOMAN UPSTAIRS.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJulia Robinson and Cassie Burnes have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations of their birthplace, the quiet town of Royston, Massachusetts. But as the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge: while Julia comes from a stable, happy, middle-class family, Cassie never knew her father, who died when she was an infant, and has an increasingly tempestuous relationship with her single mother, Bev. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Bev becomes involved with the mysterious Anders Shute, Cassie feels cruelly abandoned. Disturbed, angry and desperate for answers, she sets out on a journey that will put her own life in danger, and shatter her oldest friendship. Compact, compelling, and ferociously sad, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE BURNING GIRL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is at once a story about childhood, friendship and community, and a complex examination of the stories we tell ourselves about childhood and friendship. Claire Messud brilliantly mixes folklore and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, exploring the ways in which our made-up stories, and their consequences, become real.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eBook Information:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 29\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Fiction, Coming of Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 198 x 129mm\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #c00000;\"\u003eNote: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claire Messud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10665410691108,"sku":"9780708898628","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Ficiton-_16.jpg?v=1730508659","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/the-burning-girl-claire-messud","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}