{"product_id":"cracks-paperback-1","title":"Cracks - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheila Kohler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"eerie, elliptical masterpiece set in a South African boarding school in the early 1960s. . . . First-rate psychological suspense . . . played out flawlessly\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The members of an elite girls swim team are the reigning queens at their South African boarding school. And then Italian student Fiamma Coronna joins their ranks. Beautiful, athletic, and suddenly commanding all the coach's attention, Fiamma is the envy of every girl on the team--until the summer she walks into the rural grasslands surrounding the school and disappears. Forty years later, the former teammates return to the school for a reunion, and the memory of that summer emerges like a long buried secret, the shocking, violent truth of what really happened to Fiamma no longer able to be contained . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Riveting . . . while evocative of \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePicnic at Hanging Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, Kohler's writing is so smoothly confident and erotic that she has produced a tale resonant with a chilling power all its own.\" --\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A stunning and singular tale of the passion and tribalism of adolescence, \u003ci\u003eCracks\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare the violence that lurks in the heart of even the most innocent. Shocking, reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e . . . conjures up the wildness of the veld and the passion and drama of adolescence . . . peculiarly satisfying.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A disturbing, note-perfect novel. Dissection of evil has rarely been so extravagantly executed.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Polished, compact and chilling . . . Powerful.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, now a major motion picture starring Eva Green\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47239494533369,"sku":"9781504082112","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eS85ckdGS2hjbjBjam00NU9JblJXdz09_5cfd693f-3fbb-40d8-884a-7174cb49f3a5.webp?v=1768561868","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/cracks-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}