Pretty Is
A gripping, dark and superbly suspenseful psychological thriller
$35.15
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 July 2016
Summary
Everyone thought we were dead…
Two girls went missing - and now the truth is coming back to haunt them…
Lois and Carly-May were just twelve when they were abducted by a stranger and imprisoned in a cabin in the woods for two months.
That summer, under the watchful gaze of their kidnapper, they formed a bond that would never be broken.
Decades later, both women have new lives and identities. But the events of that summer are about to come back w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409152682 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409152685 |
| Author: | Maggie Mitchell |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2016 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 158mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
A very original debut novel and an intriguing thriller
[A] psychologically astute tale about identity, mask-wearing and escaping the past, from the contrapuntal plotting to the heroines’ deftly differentiated voices - SUNDAY TIMES
There is a real ring of truth to this intelligent thriller, full of psychological tension. A great debut - SUNDAY MIRRORA gripping thriller with an incisive psychological twist, examining survival, friendship and memory. - THE LADYA whip-smart beach read - SUNDAY EXPRESSThe survivors of a mysterious childhood abduction struggle with their memories in Maggie Mitchell’s teasing, many-storied debut… Ever since Emma Donoghue, inspired by the Josef Fritzl case, impressed and horrified in equal measure with Room, there has been a slowly growing trend for thrillers about abducted children. Maggie Mitchell’s debut, Pretty Is, joins a phalanx of fellow kidnap-lit novels out in recent months - The Girl in the Red Coat, How I Lost You, The Boy That Never Was - but stands out for its slick, subversive take on a trope that is showing no signs of going away. - OBSERVERAn atmospheric psychological thriller with two complex female characters at its heart, PRETTY IS deserves a place on your bookshelf. - HEATAbout The Author
Maggie Mitchell
Maggie Mitchell has published short fiction in a number of literary magazines, including the New Ohio Review, American Literary Review, and Green Mountains Review. Her story ‘It Would Be Different If’ is included in the Bedford Introduction to Literature. She teaches English and creative writing at the University of West Georgia.
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