{"product_id":"the-killing-jar-9780099496878","title":"The Killing Jar","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive-year-old Kerrie-Ann Hill has an unusual neighbour. Mrs Ivanovich collects butterflies and she shows Kerrie-Ann how to catch them, take care of them, and evenhow to kill them using a jar and some funny-smelling liquid. Kerrie-Ann loves looking at these beautiful, delicate creatures, and imagines them flying free...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Kerrie-Ann''s story. She doesn''t know who her father is, and her mother is a junkie. By the age of ten, she''s selling drugs at school. By twelve, she''s been beaten up by a customer, hidden stolen guns, done time in a girls'' home, and already has a taste for whizz. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd then there''s Mark - her only true friend and the one person she can trust. Their friendship turns into a powerful love and together they are invincible. But in their world it''s easy to lose control. On the drug-riddled estate with an atmosphere as lethal as a killing jar, it seems that Kerrie-Ann doesn''t stand a chance. Unless she can make use of what Mrs Ivanovich taught he\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicola Monaghan has produced an utterly compelling and depressing narrative of life on a council estate in one of Nottingham’s worst boroughs… [A]n inspiring debut. -- James Walker * Left Lion *\u003cbr\u003eKerrie Ann's strident voice sounds authentic; her plight compelling and affecting * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eMonaghan's novel is direct and deceptively simple. In spite of the suffering there are surprising touches of humour and tenderness that bloom like flowers on asphalt -- Frank Egerton * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA shocking glimpse of Nottingham gangland -- Christina Patterson * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eA powerful, loving and honest new voice -- A.L. Kennedy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017518842199,"sku":"9780099496878","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099496878.jpg?v=1750773813","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-killing-jar-9780099496878","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}