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This sunny bundle includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/wild-strawberries?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=wild+strawbe\u0026amp;_ss=e\u0026amp;_v=1.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWild Strawberries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte  product__description--small\"\u003ePretty, impecunious Mary Preston, newly arrived as a guest of her Aunt Agnes at the magnificent wooded estate of Rushwater, falls head over heels for handsome playboy David Leslie. Meanwhile, Agnes and her mother, the eccentric matriarch Lady Emily, have hopes of a different, more suitable match for Mary. 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Grant approaches each character with insight and a tart sympathy’ \u003c\/strong\u003eHilary Mantel, \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e‘Grant is so good at conjuring up atmosphere and writes with earthy vivacity’ \u003c\/strong\u003eAnthony Gardner, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e'One of our best modern authors . . . I've never been able to stop reading any of her work once I've started' \u003c\/strong\u003ePeter Hitchens, \u003cem\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e'Grant is so accomplished a novelist of recent social history . . . tender and touching' \u003cstrong\u003eSuzi Feay, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bundle includes four of Grant's novels: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/the-clothes-on-their-backs?utm_content=huk-website\u0026amp;utm_medium=affiliate\u0026amp;utm_source=huk-website\u0026amp;variant=37542532874419\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Clothes on Their Backs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFirst published in 2008, \u003cem\u003eThe Clothes on Their Backs \u003c\/em\u003ewas shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and went on to win the Orange Prize in the same year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e'A vivid, enjoyable and consistently unexpected novel'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn a red brick mansion block off the Marylebone Road, Vivien, a sensitive, bookish girl, grows up sealed off from both past and present by her timid refugee parents. 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If only you could narrate them, then you might be understood. I mean the part of yourself that you don’t know how to explain.’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn the early seventies, a glamorous and androgynous couple known as Evie\/Stevie appear out of nowhere on the isolated concrete campus of a new university. To a group of teenagers experimenting with radical ideas, they seem blown back from the future, unsettling everything and uncovering covert desires. But their mesmerising, flamboyant self-expression hides deep anxieties and hidden histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e'Compelling right to the very last page' \u003ci\u003eList\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFor Adele, who also has something to conceal, Evie becomes an obsession – an obsession which becomes lifelong after the night of Adele’s twentieth birthday party. What happened that evening and who was complicit are questions that have haunted Adele ever since. A set of school exercise books might reveal everything, but they have been missing for the past forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFrom summers in 1970s Cornwall to London in the twenty-first century, long after she has disappeared, Evie will go on challenging everyone’s ideas of how their lives should turn out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eWith her hallmark humour, intelligence and boldness, Linda Grant has written a powerful and captivating novel about secrets and the moments that shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e'A wonderfully and perceptively written story, which rings utterly true, and as a consequence lifts the spirits' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/the-dark-circle?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=606a41196\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dark Circle \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e Published in November 2016, \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Circle\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of tubercular East London twins, Lenny and Miriam Lynskey, sent to convalesce in a post-World War II sanatorium in Kent. It was shortlisted for the then Bailey's Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Extraordinarily affecting’ Alex Preston, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Grant brings the 1950s – that odd, downbeat, fertile decade between war and sexual liberation – into sharp, bright, heartbreaking focus’ Christobel Kent, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAll over Britain, life is beginning again now the war is over, but for Lenny and Miriam, East End London teenage twins who have been living on the edge of the law, life is suspended – they’ve contacted tuberculosis. It’s away to the sanatorium – newly opened by the NHS – in deepest Kent for them where they will meet a very different world: among other patients, an aristocract, a young university grad, a mysterious German woman and an American merchant seaman with big ideas about love and rebellion. They are not the only ones whose lives will be changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e‘Grant is so good at conjuring up atmosphere and writes with earthy vivacity’ Anthony Gardner, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Read this fine, persuasive, moving novel and contemplate’ John Sutherland, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43518533992627,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/3364\/4979\/files\/LINDA-GRANT-BUNDLE.jpg?v=1714470760"},{"product_id":"stella-duffy-bundle","title":"Stella Duffy Bundle","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eYour Stella Duffy starter kit. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eStella Duffy OBE is an inspiration of hard-won wisdom and appetite for learning new things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAuthor of seventeen novels, over seventy short stories, including several for BBC Radio 4, and fifteen plays. She won the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2002 and 2013, was named Stonewall Writer of the Year in 2008 (\u003cem\u003eThe Room of Lost Things\u003c\/em\u003e) and 2010 (\u003cem\u003eTheodora\u003c\/em\u003e), and won the Diva Literary prize for Fiction in 2017 (\u003cem\u003eLondon Lies Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e). Her novels \u003cem\u003eThe Room of Lost Things\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eState of Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e were both longlisted for the Orange Prize. She wrote and presented the BBC4 documentary \u003cem\u003eHow to Write a Mills and Boon\u003c\/em\u003e and has reviewed for \u003cem\u003eThe Review Show\u003c\/em\u003e (BBC2), \u003cem\u003eFront Row\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/em\u003e (BBCRadio4) and written articles for most major newspapers in the UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis bundle includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/lullaby-beach?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=0b6c0fc12\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLullaby Beach\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFirst published in 2021, \u003cem\u003eLullaby Beach \u003c\/em\u003ewas Stella Duffy's seventeenth novel - a compelling story of family secrets and the legacy of trauma, set against the changing fortunes of an English seaside town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Lullaby Beach\u003c\/em\u003e is about family, trauma, loss, abuse and survival. It’s about young people and the adults they – we – become. It’s about friendship across generations, the diagonal family bond between aunts and nieces, repeating family patterns – good as well as bad. It’s about learning to live with ourselves. It’s about learning, as Kitty does, to live with ourselves gloriously.' Stella Duffy on \u003cem\u003eLullaby Beach.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Faultless storytelling . . . Wise, generous, atmospheric' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003eGrowing up after the war in Westmere, an English seaside town, Kitty has been sheltered by her parents, but meeting Danny changes all of that. She decides to leave everyone and everything she knows to follow Danny to London, in pursuit of glamour and opportunity, and this sets in motion a series of events that will echo down the generations. Over fifty years later, when Kitty's body is found in her beach hut with a suicide note by her side, her great-niece will help to unravel all the secrets which the family has kept hidden over the decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Explores familial legacy, generational secrets and the effects of long-lasting trauma with a distinct tenderness' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A portrait of sisterhood . . . powerful' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/the-hidden-room?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=172bef11b\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hidden Room\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePublished in 2017, \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden Room \u003c\/em\u003eis a \u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003egripping psychological suspense novel - riveting and hugely satisfying. \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden Room \u003c\/em\u003ewas Stella's fifteenth novel and, at the time, the first crime novel she had published in twelve years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003e'What a novel - dark, devious and shocking' \u003ci\u003eAndrew Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003e'Nobody turns the screw of tension tighter than Stella Duffy' Val McDermid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003eLife is good for Laurie and Martha. They have three great kids, a much-loved home in the countryside, and Laurie's career as an architect is finally taking off. Everything's perfect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003eExcept, it isn't.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003eSomeone is about to walk into their happy family and tear it apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003eLaurie has been hiding from him for years. The question is, now that he's found her, can she keep her family safe? And just how far will she go to protect them?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003e'Spooky, atmospheric and as psychologically on point as it could be. If you want to be disturbed, read this book' Alex Marwood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003e'A haunting tale that lingers in the memory' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"stdfont2\"\u003e'Dark and tense with a gasp-inducing twist' \u003ci\u003eWoman and Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/the-room-of-lost-things?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=17ef516b0\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Room of Lost Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLonglisted for the Orange Prize 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHumming with life, packed tight with detail, \u003cem\u003eThe Room of Lost Things\u003c\/em\u003e is a hymn of love to a great and overflowing city, and a profoundly human story that holds us in its grip from the first sentence until the last. This charming novel was published in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e'Stella Duffy strides into a whole new league with her lyrical, gritty, deeply affecting journey into the heart and soul of south London.' \u003ci\u003eManda Scott\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eUnder his railway arch in Loughborough Junction, South London, Robert Sutton is taking leave of a lifetime of hard work. His dry-cleaning shop lies at the heart of a lively community, a fixed point in a changing world. And, as he explains to his successor, young East Londoner Akeel, it is also the resting place for the contents of his customers' pockets - and for their secrets and lies. As he helps Akeel to make a new life out of his old one, Robert also hands on all he knows of his world: the dirty dip of the Thames; the parks, rare green oases in a desert of high-rises and decaying mansion blocks; and the varied lives that converge at the junction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43518538383539,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/3364\/4979\/files\/STELLA-DUFFY-BUNDLE.jpg?v=1714477425"},{"product_id":"mary-mccarthy-bundle","title":"Mary McCarthy Bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘McCarthy’s characters confront many of the same issues as their modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage, love and lust, fidelity to one’s husband versus loyalty to one’s friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations’\u003c\/strong\u003e Elizabeth Day, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A woman of intellect and style’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCelia McGee, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover Mary McCarthy, a Virago Modern Classics legend. This two book bundle includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/the-group?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc\u0026amp;pr_rec_id=9fec54ead\u0026amp;pr_rec_pid=6077229858995\u0026amp;pr_ref_pid=6077230022835\u0026amp;pr_seq=uniform\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Group\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGround-breaking in its fearless portrayal of female friendship, sex and the struggle to have it all, \u003cem\u003eThe Group \u003c\/em\u003ewas a revelation, a scandal, and an instant bestseller.\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/the-company-she-keeps?utm_content=huk-website\u0026amp;utm_medium=affiliate\u0026amp;utm_source=huk-website\u0026amp;variant=43014819446963\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Company She Keeps \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased loosely on the author’s own life, \u003cem\u003eThe Company She Keeps\u003c\/em\u003e caused an instant sensation, and won Mary McCarthy immediate acclaim for its bold insight, sly wit and virtuoso style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"series module module--fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"module__content module--fixed\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"module__content module--fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary McCarthy (1912-1989)\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Seattle, Washington. She was a short-story writer, bestselling novelist, essayist and an art critic. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and won the National Medal for Literature and the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1984. Her debut novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Company She Keeps\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1942), initiated her ascent to the most celebrated writers of her generation; the publication of her autobiography \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemories of a Catholic Girlhood\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 1957 bolstered this reputation. McCarthy wrote more than twenty-four books, including the now-classic novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Group\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1963). This was the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Best Seller for two years.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Virago Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43974927024307,"sku":"","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/3364\/4979\/files\/IMG_4059.jpg?v=1722435232"},{"product_id":"caroline-blackwood-bundle","title":"Caroline Blackwood bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis bundle contains three Caroline Blackwood paperbacks: THE STEPDAUGHTER, GREAT GRANNY WEBSTER and THE FATE OF MARY ROSE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/great-granny-webster\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat Granny Webster\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her gloomy mausoleum of a home, the terrifying matriarch Great Granny Webster spends her days sitting bolt upright in a Victorian chair, entirely alone except for her one-eyed maid - and her orphaned great-granddaughter, sent to stay for the sea air. She presides over three generations of ill-fated women, and a twisted family history which spools back through hedonistic 20s London to a crumbling aristocratic pile where two children are kept silently hidden in a distant wing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis macabre, viciously funny, partly autobiographical novel cuts to the bone of a dysfunctional dynasty, and captures Blackwood at her pitch-black best.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/the-fate-of-mary-rose\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Fate of Mary Rose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe was dead even before I became aware of her existence . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA child has been abducted from a sleepy Kent village, her face plastered across the media.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs the crime unleashes a wave of hysteria, the claustrophobic world of Rowan Anderson and his inscrutable wife begins to disintegrate. Consumed by her macabre fixation, Cressida is determined to save their sickly daughter, Mary Rose, from the same fate - and perhaps even from Rowan himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/products\/the-stepdaughter\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Stepdaughter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lavish Upper West Side apartment is the site of a familial cold war about to enter a phase of dangerous escalation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJ is a lonely woman without the luxury of being alone. Her husband has fled to Paris with his latest flame, leaving J with not only their own four-year-old daughter, Sally Ann, but the sulky, cake-mix addicted, thirteen-year-old Renata, a leftover from his previous marriage. Writing letters in her head to imaginary friends, J delights in dwelling on the hapless Renata, who 'invites a kind of cruelty'. This is an invitation J fully intends to take up - and like so many stepmothers before her, she will find that wickedness, once indulged, is a difficult habit to kick.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55634189484408,"sku":null,"price":25.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/3364\/4979\/files\/BLACKWOODGROUP.png?v=1787048833"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.virago.co.uk\/collections\/bundles-collections.oembed","provider":"Virago Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}