{"title":"Fiona McPhillips Collection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 12\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFIONA MCPHILLIPS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis an Irish journalist, author, and screenwriter. She is an editor at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Forge Literary Magazine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand her own work has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Manchester Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHobart \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarren Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, among others. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen We Were Silent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the runner-up for the 2021 Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger, is her debut novel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFiona lives in Dublin with her three kids, two cats and a dog. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 12\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWHEN WE WERE SILENT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m not here for prestige. I’m here for revenge.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLou Manson is an outsider when she joins the final-year class at Highfield Manor, Dublin’s most exclusive private school. Beyond the granite pillars and the wrought- iron gates is a world of wealth, privilege and potential. But Highfield is also hiding a dark secret – and Lou is here to expose it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Lou befriends the beautiful and talented Shauna Power, her plans are thrown into turmoil. Speaking out against the school would mean betraying Shauna, and Lou soon discovers that the Highfield elite will go to any lengths to protect their own reputation...even when the consequences are fatal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThirty years later, Lou is called to testify in a new lawsuit against Highfield. But telling the truth means confronting her past – and there is one story she swore she’d never tell... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fiona-mcphillips-when-we-were-silent-2024-paperback","title":"Fiona McPhillips: When We Were Silent [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A twisting, turning dive into a web of long-buried secrets' \u003c\/b\u003eJane Harper, internationally bestselling author of EXILES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I'm not here for prestige. I'm here for revenge.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLou Manson is an outsider when she joins the final-year class at Highfield Manor, Dublin's most exclusive private school. Beyond the granite pillars and the wrought-iron gates is a world of wealth, privilege and potential. 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