{"product_id":"the-good-girls-9781408876763","title":"The Good Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Longlisted for the ALCS Gold Non-Fiction Dagger**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Longlisted for t\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize 2022**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaunting  lingers in the mind long after the final page is turned' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling whodunnit ... Devastating' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransfixing' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful, unflinching account of misogyny, female shame and the notion of honour' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e___________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterly and agenda-setting inquest into how the deaths of two teenage girls shone a light into the darkest corners of a nation \u003c\/b\u003eKatra Sadatganj. A tiny village in western Uttar Pradesh. A community bounded by tradition and custom; where young women are watched closely, and know what is expected of them. It was an ordinary night when two girls, Padma and Lalli, went missing. The next day, their bodies were found  hanging in the orchard, their clothes muddied. In the ensuing months, the investigation into their\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSonia Faleiro ’s meticulously researched investigation results in a powerful, unflinching account of misogyny, female shame and the notion of honour * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eFaleiro’s pithy, cliffhanging chapters fuse true crime with big-picture analysis, blending data with interviews and detail ... A powerful indictment of a society failing its most vulnerable members * Economist *\u003cbr\u003eAt once shocking and mundane, quiet and loud, understated and savage * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eTransfixing; it has the pacing and mood of a whodunit, but no clear reveal * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eA puzzle with a surprise at the end ... A riveting, terrible tale, one all too common, but Faleiro’s gorgeous prose makes it bearable * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eA desperate reflection on the status of women ... Faleiro has taken exceptional pains to recreate the events as they unfolded * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eTraces the tragic mystery surrounding the deaths of two teenagers found hanging in an Indian mango orchard * New York Times, Recommended Reads *\u003cbr\u003eA compelling whodunnit ... Faleiro writes sensitively about her subjects’ actions and motivations, while the investigation reaches its final devastating revelation * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn insightful work of reportage that highlights how gender intersects with class and caste in Indian society. It's a page-turner, a feminist text, and an essential read that is deeply empathetic towards its two main subjects who no longer have a voice -- Deepa Anappara, author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line\u003cbr\u003eA compassionate, timely and necessary book that explores the issues of sex, violence, shame, honour and what it is to be a girl growing up in modern India * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eSearing ... A riveting - sometimes astonishing - work of forensic journalism that chronicles the girls’ lives as well as the circumstances of their death * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eA major piece of reportage ... Makes for tough but necessary reading * Cosmopolitan Online, 69 books by Black and POC authors out in 2021 *\u003cbr\u003eA stunning look at an investigation that was more about caste culture, poverty and the oppression of women than justice * People *\u003cbr\u003eNarrative reportage at its best. Just extraordinary -- Fatima Bhutto\u003cbr\u003eIn this true story of the mysterious death of two girls, Sonia Faleiro confronts us with what it means to be young, poor, powerless and most importantly, female, in much of today's India ... \u003ci\u003eThe Good Girls \u003c\/i\u003eleft me shattered -- Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel Prize winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Sonia Faleiro: \u003c\/b\u003e‘A tour de force of reportage, whose depth, insight and resonance make it the equal of the best fiction * SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eA small masterpiece of observation … Opens up a hidden world with startling insight and intimacy -- WILLIAM DALRYMPLE\u003cbr\u003eFaleiro brings a novelist’s eye for detail and a depth of empathy to her work. A magnificent book of reportage that is also endowed with all the terror and beauty of art -- KIRAN DESAI\u003cbr\u003eDoes what every good piece of reportage ought to: took me to a place I couldn't have gone by myself -- HARI KUNZRU\u003cbr\u003eA tour de force of heartrending reportage ... which blends rigorous journalistic research with the narrative skills of a novelist * INDEPENDENT *\u003cbr\u003e[An] intimate and valuable book of literary reportage that will break your heart several times over -- DWIGHT GARNER * NEW YORK TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eIt is useless to describe the pathos and singular power of this book * SPECTATOR *\u003cbr\u003eSo compelling that it invites from us the question of exactly what might constitute genius in non-fiction * THE NATIONAL *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant ... It's most outstanding quality to my eye is the window it offers on the widespread sexual repression that exists in India today, and the murky middle-class morality that rules it * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003eShe manages to evoke shock, rage, and laughter … A moving testament * LITERARY REVIEW *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408019366231,"sku":"9781408876763","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408876763.jpg?v=1730501291","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-good-girls-9781408876763","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}