{"product_id":"history-of-wolves-9781474602969","title":"History of Wolves","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A writer with a great future ahead of her...her prose isexquisite'' LOUISE DOUGHTY, author of APPLE TREE YARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow far would you go to belong? Fourteen-year-old Lindalives with her parents in an ex-commune beside a lake in the beautiful, austerebackwoods of northern Minnesota. The other girls at school call Linda ''Freak'',or ''Commie''. Her parents mostly leave her to her own devices, whilst the otherinhabitants have grown up and moved on. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when the perfect family - mother, father and their littleboy, Paul - move into the cabin across the lake, Linda insinuates her way intotheir orbit. She begins to babysit Paul and feels welcome, that she finally hasa place to belong. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet something isn''t right. Drawn into secrets she doesn''tunderstand, Linda must make a choice. But how can a girl with no real knowledgeof the world understand what the consequences will be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the most intellig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written * LITERARY REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003eCompelling ... \u003ci\u003eHistory of Wolves \u003c\/i\u003estands out. * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *\u003cbr\u003ethink Winter's Bone with less crime and more lyricism..  Fridlund is a fine writer and her work is cut through with moments of sparse beauty. * FINANCIAL TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eone of the most intelligent and poetic novels of the year * NEW STATESMAN *\u003cbr\u003eFridlund's writing is vivid: her natural descriptions elicit a superb sense of place * DAILY MAIL *\u003cbr\u003ethis is a top-notch thriller: suspicion drips like icicles in the thaw * THE TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eFridlund is a fine writer and her work is cut through with moments of sparse beauty. * FINANCIAL TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eHaunting and compelling * i NEWSPAPER *\u003cbr\u003eReminds me of Curtis Sittenfeld...so original, a beautiful literary work\" (Viv Groskop); \"A writer with a great future ahead of her...her prose is exquisite\" (Louise Doughty) * BBC RADIO 4: SATURDAY REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003eThe chilling plot is only part of the mesmerising power of this assured and striking debut from this American novelist * PRESS ASSOCIATION *\u003cbr\u003eReminds me of Curtis Sittenfeld...so original, a beautiful literary work -- Viv Groskop\u003cbr\u003eSo \u003cb\u003edelicately calibrated and precisely beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e that one might not immediately sense the sledgehammer of pain building inside this book. And I mean that in the best way. What \u003cb\u003epowerful tension and depth\u003c\/b\u003e -- Aimee Bender, author of The Color Master and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake\u003cbr\u003eAs \u003cb\u003eexquisite\u003c\/b\u003e a first novel as I've ever encountered. Poetic, complex and utterly, \u003cb\u003eheartbreakingly beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e -- T. C. Boyle, author of The Harder They Come\u003cbr\u003eFirst thing you see is the bracing intelligence of the book's young narrator - no big-eyed sentiments for Linda, raised amid blighted ideals in the ceaseless winters and vast swamps of northern Minnesota. So observant is Linda that you trust her instantly, but it's her own search for trust, for connection even at enormous cost, that will hold you to the final hour. Emily Fridlund's language is generous and precise, her story grief-tempered and forcefully moving. \u003ci\u003eHistory of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e is the loneliest thing I've read in years, and \u003cb\u003eit's gorgeous. These are haunted pages\u003c\/b\u003e -- Leif Enger\u003cbr\u003eA writer with a great future ahead of her...her prose is exquisite -- Louise Doughty\u003cbr\u003eThe chilling plot is only part of the mesmerising power of this assured and striking debut from this American novelist * PRESS ASSOCIATION *\u003cbr\u003eLife offers \"Linda\" two simultaneous chances to fit in, although both, as we know from the start, go terribly wrong * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003eEvery page in this first novel echoes with grief and loneliness, yet there's a great beauty to it. * COUNTRY LIFE *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739599647063,"sku":"9781474602969","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/history-of-wolves-9781474602969","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}