{"product_id":"such-a-good-girl-9781784634322","title":"Such a Good Girl","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eA girl, a secret, a summer that changes everything.\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeckbridge, Suffolk, the summer of 1960. Fourteen-year-old Minna Starling is, by her own reckoning, such a good girl: top of the class, dutiful daughter, devoted granddaughter, faithful best friend to the vicar’s daughter Marigold. Then her father takes her on a strange, abrupt weekend to Paris with his best friend ‘Uncle’ Clive, and the careful structure of her life begins to slip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA glamorous, dangerous brother and sister appear on a Dutch barge called the Chancy Maid and offer her a life off the rails. Marigold has a secret of her own. And in a London courtroom, two men are about to be arrested. Glaister at her most acute and tender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePraise for Previous Work\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘(On \u003ccite\u003eBlasted Things\u003c\/cite\u003e) Glaister is an experienced novelist, and this is a consummate and heart-wringing performance.’ —\u003ccite\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘(On \u003ccite\u003eBlasted Things\u003c\/cite\u003e) Combines psychological insight with an immersive sense of time and place. In short, she’s the perfect lockdown novelist so if you’ve yet to discover her, now’s the ideal time.’ —\u003ccite\u003eMetro\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘(On \u003ccite\u003eBlasted Things\u003c\/cite\u003e) Glaister is acute in her exploration and depiction of family and social discord.’ —\u003cstrong\u003eAllan Massie\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003ccite\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lesley Glaister","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56248953766267,"sku":"9781784634322","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/7222\/files\/9781784634322.jpg?v=1778848246","url":"https:\/\/www.saltpublishing.com\/products\/such-a-good-girl-9781784634322","provider":"Salt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}