{"product_id":"gosling-girl","title":"Gosling Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003e‘[The Gosling Girl] interrogates the context of a child's crime and simplistic notions of evil by society and the media. It fosters understanding \u0026amp; empathy and draws us deep inside the protagonist's psychology’ Bernardine Evaristo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonster?  Murderer? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eChild? Victim?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Michelle Cameron’s name is associated with the most abhorrent of crimes. A child who lured a younger child away from her parents and to her death, she is known as the black girl who murdered a little white girl; evil incarnate according to the media. As the book opens, she has done her time, and has been released as a young woman with a new identity to start her life again. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When another shocking death occurs, Michelle is the first in the frame. Brought into the police station to answer questions around a suspicious death, it is only a matter of time until the press find out who she is now and where she lives and set about destroying her all over again.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Natalie Tyler is the officer brought in to investigate the murder. A black detective constable, she has been ostracised from her family and often feels she is in the wrong job. But when she meets Michelle, she feels a complicated need to protect her, whatever she might have done.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gosling Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, powerful account of systemic, institutional and internalised racism, and of how the marginalised fight back. It delves into the psychological after-effects of a crime committed in childhood, exploring intersections between race and class as Michelle's story is co-opted and controlled by those around her. Jacqueline writes with a cool restraint and \u003ci\u003eThe Gosling Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis a raw and powerful novel that will stay with the reader long after they have turned the last page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Gosling Girl:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This intriguing procedural is above all a portrait of two damaged women and a moving demonstration of how race and class have affected their lives' \u003cb\u003eThe Times and The Sunday Times Crime Club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'This is a beautifully written, insightful and thought-provoking novel. Michelle's story drew me in immediately, and while it's heartbreaking in places, it's uplifting in others. Jacqueline Roy writes with deep compassion and empathy, and I have a feeling this wonderfully compelling novel will stay with me for a long time' \u003cb\u003eSusan Elliot Wright\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAll You Ever Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A thoughtful, slow-burn exploration of how damaged children damage, The Gosling Girl asks whether some children are born evil - and shows emphatically that an abusive childhood is to blame. I felt increasing sympathy for Michelle Cameron, in all her manifestations. At times, disturbing, poignant, and thought-provoking' \u003cb\u003eSarah Vaughan\u003c\/b\u003e, author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘It was refreshing to read a thriller that wasn’t full of twists, though I kept waiting for them, as I’ve been conditioned to expect them. This well-plotted story follows Michelle, who’s recently been released from prison. Does someone who’s committed an awful crime deserve to start again?’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrima\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Written with compassion, and an exceptional sense of identity by Roy — born to a Jamaican father and a British mother — it is both striking and powerful’  \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘(a)…provocative tale of institutional racism, and how the marginalised fight back’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A powerful look at institutionalised racism and the after-effects of a childhood crime' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eS Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eThe Gosling Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most moving thrillers I’ve read for some time' \u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315372499326,"sku":"NW9781398504240","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781398504240.jpg?v=1778689188","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/gosling-girl","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}