{"product_id":"9781472156303-schoolhouse","title":"The Schoolhouse","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Stylish, pacy and genuinely frightening' The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA psychologically gripping and provocative new novel about childhood, secrets and trust, by the Booker Prize-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eLove and Other Thought Experiments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A compelling, fast-moving narrative . delivers real emotional impact' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A literary provocateur' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED for the POLARI PRIZE 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of\u003ci\u003e DIVA Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's 2023 'Author of the Year' Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsobel lives an isolated life in North London, where she works at a nearby library. She feels safe, so long as she keeps to her routines and doesn't let her thoughts stray too far into the past. But a newspaper photograph of a missing local schoolgirl and a letter from her old teacher send her spiralling and bring back the trauma of what happened years ago, when she was a pupil at The Schoolhouse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Schoolhouse was a 1970s experimental school where Isobel's days were a dark interplay of freedom and adventure, violence and fear. The only record of what happened there lies in the pages of her teenage diary. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Schoolhouse taught Isobel that some truths must never be revealed, but as police investigating the missing girl start to ask uncomfortable questions, she realises the truth is coming for her - and it will put her, and everyone she has tried to protect, at risk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eLove and Other Thought Experiments\u003c\/i\u003e comes a masterful and gripping thriller about truth, silence, and the dead weight of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40810247290977,"sku":"9781472156303","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26937314.jpg?v=1721375620","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472156303-schoolhouse","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}