{"product_id":"dear-thief","title":"Dear Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**FROM THE AUTHOR OF 2024 BOOKER PRIZE WINNING ORBITAL**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2015 James Tait Black Memorial Prize\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2015 Baileys Women''s Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2015 Jerwood Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the middle of a winter’s night, a woman wraps herself in a blanket, picks up a pen and starts writing to an estranged friend. \u003ci\u003eIn answer to a question you asked a long time ago\u003c\/i\u003e, she writes, and so begins a letter that calls up a shared past both women have preferred to forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout knowing if her friend, Butterfly, is even alive or dead, she writes night after night – a letter of friendship that turns into something more revealing and recriminating. By turns a belated outlet of rage, an act of self-defence, and an offering of forgiveness, the letter revisits a betrayal that happened a decade and a half before, and dissects what is left of a friendship caught between the forces of hatred and love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319634010494,"sku":"NW9780099597667","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780099597667.jpg?v=1778241835","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/dear-thief","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}