{"product_id":"9780349703305","title":"Winter Animals : 'Remarkable - think THE SECRET HISTORY written by Raven Leilani' Jenny Mustard","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Excellent . . . Ashani Lewis is \u003cb\u003esuperbly talented\u003c\/b\u003e.' Katherine Rundell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe one of the first to discover this award-winning writer's decadent and addictive sapphic debut, a must-read for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Lotus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn one of America's Happiest Cities, thirty-eight-year-old Elen is trapped under the shadow of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains. Her husband has left her. Her belongings are in the boot of her car. Her days are filled mostly with silence and drinking. When she meets four English teenagers in an empty bar, she is enamoured. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuka, Clover, George and Lyn are wealthy squatters, drifting between ski resorts and breaking into empty AirBnBs. When they bring Elen into their fold - and into their messy, entangled relationships - she senses a violent secret that fuels the four's never-ending disappearing act. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDazzling, cultish, and intensely committed to creating their own utopia, they force Elen to ruminate on the irresistible pull of bright young things. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe doesn't understand what they want from her, but how can she leave when she has nowhere else to go?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark meditation on the dangers and seductive power of youthful idealism, and the slippages between friendship and love, \u003ci\u003eWinter Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary debut examining freedom, friendship, desire and excess.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWinter Animals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a remarkable novel: atmospheric as hell, beautiful, and delightfully intelligent \u003c\/b\u003e. . . Think \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History \u003c\/i\u003ewritten by Raven Leilani. \u003cb\u003eI devoured it and am left wanting more\u003c\/b\u003e, Ashani Lewis is a rare talent!' Jenny Mustard, author of \u003ci\u003eOkay Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45466177732829,"sku":"9780349703305","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780349703305.jpg?v=1720108236","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780349703305","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}