{"product_id":"the-girls-from-corona-del-mar-9780099591788","title":"The Girls from Corona del Mar","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2014 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fiercely beautiful novel about friendship and the ties that bind us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMia and Lorrie Ann are lifelong friends: hard-hearted Mia and untouchably beautiful, kind Lorrie Ann. While Mia struggles with a mother who drinks, a pregnancy at fifteen, and younger brothers she loves but can''t quite be good to, Lorrie Ann is luminous, surrounded by her close-knit family, immune to the mistakes that mar her best friend''s life. Until a sudden loss catapults Lorrie Ann into tragedy: things fall apart, and then fall apart further  and there is nothing Mia can do to help. And as good, kind, brave Lorrie Ann stops being so good, Mia begins to question just who this woman is and what that question means about them both. A staggeringly arresting, honest novel of love, motherhood, loyalty, and the myth of the perfect friendship that moves us to ask ourselves just how well we know those we love, what we owe our children, and who w\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis debut from Rufi Thorpe\u003cb\u003e grips immediately\u003c\/b\u003e, with the sharp compelling pressure of a friend grabbing your hand in pain … \u003cb\u003ea brilliantly written, probing, uneasy look at a damaged friendship between two women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eObservant, sometimes funny and \u003cb\u003econtinuously thought-provoking\u003c\/b\u003e, the novel delves into the meaning of friendship, motherhood, freedom, truth and lies. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girls From Corona del Mar\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea knockout of a debut novel\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Her worldly, rambunctious, feminist, morally interrogative prose style galvanizes ­every episode with smart, almost cosmic insights, tough talk, elegiac moments of love, dumb wonder, and, of course, further tragic events. * Elle *\u003cbr\u003eHer depiction of female friendship is engaging and sharply observed . . . Seldom has \u003ci\u003eSchadenfreude\u003c\/i\u003e been more appetisingly packaged. * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eRufi Thorpe's open-hearted, open-eyed debut tells the engrossing story of a long friendship between two complex women and investigates the unpredictable, often baffling ways that luck shapes all of our lives.\u003cb\u003e Generous, soulful, and tough.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Maggie Shipstead, bestselling author of SEATING ARRANGEMENTS","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017531818327,"sku":"9780099591788","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099591788.jpg?v=1750773856","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-girls-from-corona-del-mar-9780099591788","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}