{"product_id":"9781805333821-a-girl-left-the-room","title":"A Girl Left the Room","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom prize-winning poet Ulrikka Gernes comes her debut novel acclaimed for its bold exposing of an art world that preys on the girls it turns into muses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen you're fourteen, there is no afterwards.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt all begins when Tanja meets Eg. Handsome, grey-eyed, he is a friend of her parents and a teller of stories. Soon, he begins to write-sending letters that arrive at her home in the Swedish forest, drawing her deeper into a fated love offering escape from an isolated childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTanja steps through a door into adult experience from which there is no return, a relationship where desire and excitement give way to shame and control. Years later, now a poet armed with the language to name what happened, she finds a box of Eg's mildewed letters and begins to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHauntingly lyrical and fearlessly honest, \u003ci\u003eA Girl Left the Room\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one woman's fight to reclaim the girl she once was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping, chilling, and extraordinarily clear-eyed. A novel that everybody should read'\u003c\/b\u003e Rosie Price, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Red Was\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An entire world of complicity unfolds moment by moment. It kept me pinned to the page'\u003c\/b\u003e Sîan Hughes, author of \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's compelling. It's shocking. It's hypnotic in its clarity. A stunning debut from one of Denmark's leading poets'\u003c\/b\u003e Christina Patterson, author of \u003ci\u003eOutside, the Sky is Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'So blunt, so well written, Lolita speaking out, telling her truth. A superb book'\u003c\/b\u003e Dorthe Nors, author of \u003ci\u003eMirror, Shoulder, Signal\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":57731676602742,"sku":"9781805333821","price":11.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41145107_4137667d-e529-41f1-9bab-4933b4ab86ac.jpg?v=1778119861","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805333821-a-girl-left-the-room","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}