{"product_id":"9781646222155","title":"Brutes: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Virgin Suicides\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Florida Project\u003c\/i\u003e in this wildly original debut—a coming-of-age story about the crucible of girlhood, from a writer of rare and startling talent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn Falls Landing, Florida—a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers—something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. \u003ci\u003eWhere is she? \u003c\/i\u003eWatching from a distance, they edge ever closer to discovering a dark secret about their fame-hungry town and the cruel cost of a ticket out. What they see will continue to haunt them for the rest of their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a darkly beautiful and brutally compelling lens, Dizz Tate captures the violence, horrors, and manic joys of girlhood. \u003ci\u003eBrutes\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the seemingly unbreakable bonds in the \"we\" of young friendship, and the moment it is broken forever.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47918219526384,"sku":"9781646222155","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781646222155_p0.jpg?v=1763688395","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781646222155","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}