Catherine Chidgey
1) Pet
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A suspenseful new psychological thriller from the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlisted and Dublin Literary Award shortlisted author of Remote Sympathy, Catherine Chidgey. Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine’s sense that something isn’t quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
WINNER OF THE ACORN FOUNDATION FICTION PRIZE AT THE OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS “A remarkable book with a stunningly original twist.” The Times (London)This international bestselling historical novel follows two children and a mysterious narrator as they navigate the falsehoods and wreckage of WW II GermanyGermany, 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Sieglinde lives in the affluent...
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
The wife of an SS officer, Frau Hahn is oblivious to the fact that a concentration camp is on the fringe of their idyllic life until she is forced into an unlikely and poignant alliance with one of Buchwald's prisoners who challenges her naïve ignorance.