{"product_id":"9781398504219","title":"The Gosling Girl by Jacqueline Roy","description":"`[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 EvaristoMonster?? Murderer???Child? Victim? 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.? ? 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.    ? 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.    ?The Gosling Girl 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 The Gosling Girl is a raw and powerful novel that will stay with the reader long after they have turned the last page.   Praise for The Gosling Girl: `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' The Times and The Sunday Times Crime Club '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' Susan Elliot Wright, author of All You Ever Wanted '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' Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation `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?' Prima `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'? Daily Mail `(a).provocative tale of institutional racism, and how the marginalised fight back' Stylist Magazine `A powerful look at institutionalised racism and the after-effects of a childhood crime' S Magazine `The Gosling Girl?is one of the most moving thrillers I've read for some time' Observer ?\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298299228533,"sku":"9781398504219","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781398504219.jpg?v=1762782786","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781398504219","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}