LoveReading Says
LoveReading Says
May 2016 Book of the Month.
A captivating and deeply dark family drama and mystery, set in the midst of a London communal garden square. ‘The Girls’ begins as a party is ending, a thirteen year old girl is found unconscious in a corner of the garden. The story then spins backwards in time, to Clare and her two daughters, Pip and Grace, as they get to know their new neighbours. Focusing on several families, the story weaves among the children and adults as it begins to traverse a slippery and sinister slope. Lisa Jewell explores friendship, trust and suspicion. She writes with a familiar light touch, yet a threatening presence hovers over the pages and the innermost thoughts and feelings of the characters bubble with intensity. ‘The Girls’ is a page turning, thought-provoking and tensely gripping read, that looks at the complex structure of family life.
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The Girls Synopsis
Clare and her two pre-teen daughters, Grace and Pip, move into Virginia Terrace, a cluster of flats and houses surrounding a communal garden. It's a place where families feel safe and children can run free. Neighbours have known each other for years, and trust each other implicitly. But then, after the annual garden party - a glorious summer's day of getting together and enjoying a barbecue, listening to music, having a few glasses of wine, letting the children play - the unspeakable happens. Grace is found by Pip, unconscious and half undressed, her face a bloody mess. And as a police investigation is launched, the secret games that the residents of Virginia Terrace have been playing for decades are about to be horribly, brutally exposed...
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781785413148 |
| Publication date: |
1st January 2018 |
| Author: |
Lisa Jewell |
| Publisher: |
ISIS an imprint of Ulverscroft Large Print Books |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
372 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Family Drama
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Press Reviews
Lisa Jewell Press Reviews
‘Deeper, darker, richer than ever before. I think this is the best book Lisa Jewell has ever written.’ Jenny Colgan
‘A stunning, beautiful, mesmerising book that everyone will be reading this summer.’ Tamar Cohen
‘Lisa Jewell’s characters are so real that I finish every book half-expecting to bump into one of them. Modern, complex, intuitive, she just goes from strength to strength.’ Jojo Moyes
‘An engaging and atmospheric read, Lisa beautifully conjures up the half-child half-adult lives of young teenagers’ Jane Fallon
‘Lisa creates beguiling characters, which dazzle from the page. This is a terrific suspense story told with that brooding promise of danger that taunts us to read on, to chase the elusive truth at the heart of the book’
Rachel Hore
‘Another winner. Beautiful writing, believable characters, a pacy narrative and dark secrets combine to make this a gripping read’
Daily Mail
‘A dark, compelling story’
Woman & Home
‘A compelling read’
Good Housekeeping
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About Lisa Jewell
Lisa Jewell had always planned to write her first book when she was fifty. In fact, she wrote it when she was twenty-seven and had just been made redundant from her job as a secretary. Inspired by Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity, a book about young people just like her who lived in London, she wrote the first three chapters of what was to become her first novel, Ralph’s Party. It went on to become the bestselling debut novel of 1998. Twelve bestselling novels later, she lives in London with her husband and their two daughters. Lisa writes every day in a local cafe where she can drink coffee, people-watch, and, without access to the internet, actually get some work done.
Click here to read an exclusive interview with Lisa Jewell by Mary Hogarth.
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