{"product_id":"versions-of-a-girl","title":"Catherine Gray: Versions of a Girl [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No other writer has ever made me laugh and cry as much as Catherine Gray' Daisy May Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compulsive, edible, I devoured it' Holly Whitaker, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestelling author of \u003ci\u003eQuit Like A Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo we become who we are because of our parents, or in spite of them?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFern's mother \u003c\/b\u003eis a social climber and a former ballet dancer who lives a plush life in a London townhouse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFern's father \u003c\/b\u003eonly climbs if there's a bottle at the top, has an IQ of 133 and lives hand-to-mouth in Californian motels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAged fourteen, Fern has spent equal time with each of her parents. That is, until an unexpected visitor triggers a life-changing dilemma: whether she should get on a plane to London to be with her mother, or stay in California with her father. Here, Fern's narrative splices in two.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo possible lives, one person. Each Fern will grow in wildly different, but eerily similar directions. Both must determine who they want to be - and how they deal with a thorny problem which threatens to undo them all: a murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarm and brilliantly wise, this is the irresistible fiction debut from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected Joy of Being Sober.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catherine Gray \u0026 Welbeck Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48882075730259,"sku":"9781802795189","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/catherine-gray-welbeck-publishing-group-catherine-gray-versions-of-a-girl-2024-paperback-9781802795189-56794258145619.jpg?v=1727617440","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/versions-of-a-girl","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}