{"product_id":"9781804990995-you-have-a-friend-in-10a","title":"You have a friend in 10A","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the 2022 Women’s Fiction Prize and 2021 Booker Prize shortlisted author of GREAT CIRCLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE-SHORTLISTED \u003ci\u003eGREAT CIRCLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Maurier's most unsettling short fiction\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHas an innate charm of its own. Beautifully realised' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's a rare writer who can create a world as convincingly over a few pages as in a 600-page novel; Shipstead's fluency in both forms is testament to the skill she modestly casts as a work in progress\u003c\/b\u003e' Stephanie Merritt, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eMaggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet's attention to detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. Diving into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll, and illuminating a cast of unforgettable characters, Shipstead traverses the ordinary and extraordinary with cunning, compassion, and wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life, only to fall into a decade-long triangle of unrequited love; a male novelist who is just reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print; a honeymoon couple's time in the hills of Romania builds into a moment of shattering tragedy. In the title story, a famous child actress breaks away from a religious cult, as she tells - with brittle candour - her tale of childhood damage and the dark side of fame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExuding both tenderness and bite, Shipstead exposes complicated truths in this dazzling collection sealing her reputation as an astonishingly versatile master of fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e---------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Shipstead is a writer who can vividly summon whatever she chooses, taking the reader deep inside the world she creates' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eShipstead observes people beautifully' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40799652872289,"sku":"9781804990995","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32318469.jpg?v=1737187089","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804990995-you-have-a-friend-in-10a","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}