{"product_id":"brutes","title":"Brutes","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Virgin Suicides\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Florida Project\u003c\/i\u003e in this wildly original debut--a coming-of-age story about the crucible of girlhood, from a writer of rare and startling talent\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Falls Landing, Florida--a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers--something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. \u003ci\u003eWhere is she? \u003c\/i\u003eWatching from a distance, they edge ever closer to discovering a dark secret about their fame-hungry town and the cruel cost of a ticket out. What they see will continue to haunt them for the rest of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a darkly beautiful and brutally compelling lens, Dizz Tate captures the violence, horrors, and manic joys of girlhood. \u003ci\u003eBrutes\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the seemingly unbreakable bonds in the \"we\" of young friendship, and the moment it is broken forever.","brand":"Dizz Tate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43705743933667,"sku":"9781646221677","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0356\/3906\/6759\/products\/9781646221677-us.jpg?v=1675785229","url":"https:\/\/littleprofessorbookshop.com\/products\/brutes","provider":"Little Professor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}