{"product_id":"what-red-was-9781984824424","title":"What Red Was","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sophisticated and conversation-starting novel of modern love, sexual violence, and toxic inheritance from a brilliant new literary voice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Kate Quaile meets Max Rippon in the first week of university, so begins a life-changing friendship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the next four years, the two become inseparable. For him, she breaks her solitude; for her, he leaves his busy circles behind. But knowing Max means knowing his family: the wealthy Rippons, all generosity, social ease, and quiet repression. Theirs is a very different world from Kate's own upbringing, and yet she finds herself quickly drawn into their gilded lives, and the secrets that lie beneath. Until one evening, at the Rippons home, just after graduation, her life is shattered apart in a bedroom while a party goes on downstairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat Red Was\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive and mesmerizing novel about power, privilege, and consent--one that fearlessly explores the effects of trauma on the mind and body of a young woman, the tyrannies of memory, the sacrifices involved in staying silent, and the courage in speaking out. And when Kate does, it raises this urgent question: Whose story is it now? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhat Red Was\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" A] masterful, incisive debut... reminiscent of Donna Tartt or Edward St. Aubyn.\u003ci\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dazzling. . . This is a book that succeeds in prying open our cultural moment and laying it bare for scrutiny.\"--\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Kleeman, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Too Can Have a Body Like Mine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the best books I've ever read about female rage and transgression . . . at once incredibly timely and one for the ages.\"--\u003cb\u003eLisa Gabriele, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Winters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"So assured, so confident in its voice, so skilful in its plotting and characterisation that it seems like the work of a seasoned author . . . an exciting new voice.\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e(UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"Powerful... handles its explosive plot with an admirable delicacy\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Thoughtful and observant...Price is a novelist worth watching.\"\u003ci\u003e --\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A confident and provocative study of wealth, sexual violence, and complicated friendships . . .  \u003ci\u003eWhat Red \u003c\/i\u003eWas] is a strong debut by an incredibly young author, an assured and challenging novel that suggests an incipient talent worthy of notice.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984824424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Rosie Price","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36674495578268,"sku":"9781984824424","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dade5540-f878-4019-9ee5-be526e6ee8e6.jpg?v=1603932128","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/what-red-was-9781984824424","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}