{"product_id":"grievous-paperback-4","title":"Grievous - 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\u003eH. S. Cross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. S. Cross returns to \"a school as nuanced and secretive as J. K. Rowling's Hogwarts\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e) in\u003ci\u003e Grievous\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to her coming-of-age novel \u003ci\u003eWilberforce\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSt. Stephen's Academy, Yorkshire, 1931. A world unto itself, populated by boys reveling in life's first big mistakes and men still learning how to live with the consequences of their own. They live a cloistered life, exotic to modern eyes, founded upon privilege, ruled by byzantine and often unspoken laws, haunted by injuries both casual and calculated. Yet within those austere corridors can be found windows of enchantment, unruly love, and a wild sort of freedom, all vanished, it seems, from our world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold from a variety of viewpoints--including that of unhappy Housemaster John Grieves--\u003ci\u003eGrievous\u003c\/i\u003e takes us deep inside the crucible of St. Stephen's while retaining a clear-eyed, contemporary sensibility, drawing out the urges and even mercies hidden beneath the school's strict, unsparing surface. The Academy may live by its own codes, but as with the world around it--a world the characters must ultimately face--it already contains everything necessary to shape its people or tear them apart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. S. Cross was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She was educated at Harvard and has taught at Friends Seminary, among other schools. Her novels are \u003ci\u003eWilberforce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGrievous\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is currently at work on the next novel linked to St. Stephen's Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.7 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267066052857,"sku":"9781250251206","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/hKAZ_foWl9781250251206_29697c1f-5572-49d1-aaf3-0da193eb34a6.webp?v=1768858042","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/grievous-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}