{"product_id":"the-burning-girl-a-novel","title":"The Burning Girl: A Novel","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Burning Girl: A Novel\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eClaire Messud\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780393635027\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations of their birthplace, the quiet town of Royston, Massachusetts. But as the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge and Cassie sets out on a journey that will put her life in danger and shatter her oldest friendship. \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is a complex examination of the stories we tell ourselves about youth and friendship, and straddles, expertly, childhood's imaginary worlds and painful adult reality--crafting a true, immediate portrait of female adolescence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClaire Messud, one of our finest novelists, is as accomplished at weaving a compelling fictional world as she is at asking the big questions: To what extent can we know ourselves and others? What are the stories we create to comprehend our lives and relationships? Brilliantly mixing fable and coming-of-age tale, \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Girl\u003c\/em\u003e gets to the heart of these matters in an absolutely irresistible way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"The Burning Girl: A Novel | Claire Messud | Hardcover | 9780393635027 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1671771","offer_id":48753936335000,"sku":"1671771","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51gEYJvi1iL.jpg?v=1774069426","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-burning-girl-a-novel","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}