{"product_id":"girls","title":"Capes Kirsty: Girls [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Don't miss the searing, dazzling and unforgettable new novel from the Women's Prize longlisted author of CARELESS - pre-order now!*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Every word has the touch of a genius'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eBENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A pin-sharp, propulsive story' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Bold, brilliant, shocking and shattering' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRIS WHITAKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEveryone has heard of \u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut what happened to the women they became?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the time of her death, the press wrote many things about Ingrid Olssen:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe was a brilliant artist. She was a terrible mother to her girls, Mattie and Nora. And that her legacy would live on forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven so, it's unlikely the world will ever see another Ingrid Olssen exhibition - her last request to her daughters was to throw her ashes in the canyon and her paintings in the sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Mattie and Nora reluctantly embark on an all-or-nothing trip to fulfil her wishes, they start to unpick the painful scars of their past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd soon they begin to realise that the ties that bound them, might also break them...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eSorrow and Bliss \u003c\/i\u003eby Meg Mason and \u003ci\u003eDaisy Jones and the Six\u003c\/i\u003e by Taylor Jenkins Reid. \u003ci\u003eGIRLS \u003c\/i\u003eis as devastating as it is hilarious, as tender and moving as it is shocking - this is a book that will stay with you long after you have turned the final pages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** EARLY PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eGIRLS\u003c\/i\u003e **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I knew I'd love GIRLS and I did, but I'm also utterly devastated by it. \u003cb\u003eWhat a beautiful, rich, expansive novel.\u003c\/b\u003e It'll be a while before I stop crying. Thank you a million times over'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eJENNIE GODFREY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I can't think when I last encountered a story world of this depth and faultless plausibility. Everything about it was \u003cb\u003eperfect: intricate; warm; uncluttered\u003c\/b\u003e. Blimey, I wish I'd written it\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cb\u003eANSTEY HARRIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'An \u003cb\u003eextraordinary writer of lives rarely written about\u003c\/b\u003e [...] in words that are wise, warm, painful and often witty'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eDALJIT NAGRA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003cb\u003ePhenomenal.\u003c\/b\u003e I loved it.' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKATE SAWYER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003cb\u003eSurprising, heart-breaking and dryly funny\u003c\/b\u003e, Kirsty Capes is such an exciting talent.' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAROLINE HULSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'GIRLS puts a lens to \u003cb\u003ethe awful things sisters do to one another \u003c\/b\u003eand the absolute life-changing necessity of a sister's forgiveness.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eABIGAIL BERGSTROM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAmbitious in form and scope\u003c\/b\u003e, it covers childhood trauma, art and celebrity culture, the unfathomable bond between sisters, and much more' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eELISSA SOAVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003cb\u003eUnmissable, bold and moving. \u003c\/b\u003eThis is Capes' best novel yet.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eSARA JAFARI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Thoughtful and deeply human, Girls is \u003cb\u003ea masterful take on family \u003c\/b\u003eat its most complicated' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePHOENICIA ROGERSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003cb\u003ePhenomenal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eGIRLS\u003ci\u003e made me laugh, cry, and gave me all the feels in between. 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