{"product_id":"9780099597667-dear-thief","title":"Dear Thief","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2015 James Tait Black Memorial Prize\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2015 Jerwood Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the middle of a winter’s night, a woman wraps herself in a blanket, picks up a pen and starts writing to an estranged friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE AUTHOR OF 2024 BOOKER PRIZE WINNING \u003ci\u003eORBITAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the middle of a winter’s night, a woman wraps herself in a blanket, picks up a pen and starts writing to an estranged friend. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn answer to a question you asked a long time ago\u003c\/i\u003e, she writes, and so begins a letter that calls up a shared past both women have preferred to forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout knowing if her friend, Butterfly, is even alive or dead, she writes night after night – a letter of friendship that turns into something more revealing and recriminating. By turns a belated outlet of rage, an act of self-defence, and an offering of forgiveness, the letter revisits a betrayal that happened a decade and a half before, and dissects what is left of a friendship caught between the forces of hatred and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A glorious, sensuous, grown-up novel, intelligent and passionate’ TESSA HADLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Ravishing… Harvey offers an incandescent vision of hope and acceptance’ \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450563408246,"sku":"9780099597667","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36467600.jpg?v=1760453442","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099597667-dear-thief","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}