{"title":"Books by Ivy Pochoda","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780571363827","title":"These Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Marvellous.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stunning achievement.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times, BOOK OF THE MONTH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping novel with a difference.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePsychologies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Immersive and immensely powerful.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A haunting read but a quite brilliant one.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent i\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intense, brutal and glittering, a call to listen to the voices of the ignored.’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dancer. The mother. The cop. The artist. The wife.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese women live by countless unspoken rules. How to dress; who to trust; which streets are safe and which are not. The rules grow out of a kaleidoscope of fear, anguish, power, loss and hope. Maybe it is only these rules which keep them alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen their neighbourhood is rocked by two murders, the careful existence these women have built for themselves begins to crumble…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Pochoda turns grief, suffering and loss into art, crafting a literary thriller that is no less compelling for its deep emotional resonance.’ \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gritty and addicting.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The kind of storytelling you hope to find in your movie theaters one day.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Pochoda weaves a mystery that not only had me turning the page, but dwelling on lines of prose.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book was far from what I was expecting it to be . . . I couldn't tear myself away.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I devoured it in one sitting . . . I LOVED IT.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is one of those books that tears into you and doesn’t let you go – even after you read the last page.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292796105077,"sku":"9780571363827","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571363827_53262e8c-0340-4d1d-a515-99734a5f87d4.jpg?v=1786014887"},{"product_id":"9781444778274","title":"Visitation Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A powerfully beautiful novel' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intoxicating. . . . Imbued with mystery and danger' Emma Straub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Pochoda's premise is inspired, the novel that unfolds even more so. Rich characters, surprising shifts of plot and mood. I loved it.' Lionel Shriver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the hot summer rolls on in Red Hook, Brooklyn, bored and listless fifteen-year-olds June and Val are looking for some fun. Forget the boys, the bottles, the coded whistles, Val wants to take a raft out onto the bay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut out on the water, as the bright light of day gives way to darkness, the girls disappear, and only Val returns, washed ashore semi-conscious in the weeds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune's shocking disappearance will reverberate in the lives of many of Red Hook's residents. Fadi, the Lebanese bodega owner, trolls for information about the crime. Cree, just beginning to pull it together after his father's murder, unwittingly makes himself the chief suspect. And as Val emerges from the shadow of her missing friend, her teacher Jonathan will be forced to confront a past riddled with tragic sins of omission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining intensely vivid prose with breathtaking psychological insight, \u003ci\u003eVisitation\u003c\/i\u003e explores a cast of solitary souls, pulled by family, love, and betrayal, who yearn for a chance to escape, no matter the cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochoda's voice recalls Richard Price, Junot Diaz, and even Alice Sebold, yet it's indelibly her own' Dennis Lehane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Explores a community's response to tragedy with crystalline prose, a dose of the uncanny, and an unblinking eye for both human frailty and resilience . . . 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