{"product_id":"9781785306495-poor-creatures","title":"Poor Creatures","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe did not mean to\u003cbr\u003eBut she has killed, and killed, and killed again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDundee, 1812. Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of precocious intellect and grand passions, sent north to cure an ailment no one understands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe did not mean to\u003cbr\u003eBut she has killed, and killed, and killed again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDundee, 1812. Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of precocious intellect and grand passions, sent north to cure an ailment no one understands. Nestled in woodland on the banks of the Tay, the Baxter family estate seems a perfect place for a troubled girl to recuperate. But The Cottage is a place of secrets, memories. and monsters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaunted by sickness and loss, Mary steps with Isabel into a shared fantasy world of intrigue and desire. As the fiction weaves its web about them, the two girls begin to lose their interest in reality - with far-ranging consequences for the lives of more than themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tale of the birth of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003ehas fascinated for centuries. \u003ci\u003ePoor Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e imagines the birth of Mary Shelley the writer - and the devastating effects on the circle about her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55602234360182,"sku":"9781785306495","price":10.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34360840.jpg?v=1747285939","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785306495-poor-creatures","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}