{"product_id":"penance-9780063327856","title":"Penance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e's Best Young British Novelists 2023 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of the cult hit \u003cem\u003eBoy Parts\u003c\/em\u003e comes a chilling, brilliantly told story of murder among a group of teenage girls\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003ea powerful and disturbing novel as piercing in its portrait of young women as Emma Cline's \u003cem\u003eThe Girls.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a beach in a run-down seaside town on the Yorkshire coastline, sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson is set on fire by three other schoolgirls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly a decade after the horrifying murder, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime, drawn from hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, painstaking historical research, and most notably, correspondence with the killers themselves. The result is a riveting snapshot of lives rocked by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut how much of the story is true?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompulsively readable, provocative, and disturbing, \u003cem\u003ePenance\u003c\/em\u003e is a cleverly nuanced, unflinching exploration of gender, class, and power that raises troubling questions about the media and our obsession with true crime while bringing to light the depraved side of human nature and our darkest proclivities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063327856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eliza Clark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43067601649845,"sku":"9780063327856","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_898efa8c-fddd-4396-aef2-c42c63242789.jpg?v=1690861151","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/penance-9780063327856","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}