{"product_id":"9781646222155","title":"Brutes","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Virgin Suicides\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Florida Project\u003c\/i\u003e in this wildly original debut—a coming-of-age story about the crucible of girlhood, from a writer of rare and startling talent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn Falls Landing, Florida—a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers—something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. \u003ci\u003eWhere is she? \u003c\/i\u003eWatching from a distance, they edge ever closer to discovering a dark secret about their fame-hungry town and the cruel cost of a ticket out. What they see will continue to haunt them for the rest of their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a darkly beautiful and brutally compelling lens, Dizz Tate captures the violence, horrors, and manic joys of girlhood. \u003ci\u003eBrutes\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the seemingly unbreakable bonds in the \"we\" of young friendship, and the moment it is broken forever.","brand":"Dizz Tate","offers":[{"title":"Catapult |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-02-13","offer_id":44663270605055,"sku":"9781646222155","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_aa5931f5-7be7-4183-9c32-bf355866705e.jpg?v=1704533089","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781646222155","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}