The burning girl
Messud, Claire, 1966-2017
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
Julia Robinson and Cassie Burnes 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: while Julia comes from a stable, happy, middle-class family, Cassie never knew her father, who died when she was an infant, and has an increasingly tempestuous relationship with her single mother, Bev. When Bev becomes involved with the mysterious Anders Shute, Cassie feels cruelly abandoned. Disturbed, angry and desperate for answers, she sets out on a journey that will put her own life in danger, and shatter her oldest friendship. Compact, compelling, and ferociously sad, 'The Burning Girl' is at once a story about childhood, friendship and community, and a complex examination of the stories we tell ourselves about childhood and friendship.
Main title:
The burning girl / Claire Messud.
Author:
Messud, Claire, 1966-, author
Edition:
Large print edition
Imprint:
Leicester : Ulverscroft, 2018.
Collation:
238 p. ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781444836806
Dewey class:
813.6FSF
Local class:
LPF
Language:
English
BRN:
2247210