{"product_id":"armadillos","title":"Armadillos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Amazon Rising Star Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'P.K. Lynch can tell a story deep as a wound… Read this one'\u003c\/strong\u003e Jeanette Winterson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn absorbing tale with an explosive ending, Lynch stuns in this dark debut chronicling the journey of a young girl’s escape from an abusive family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAggie is fifteen-year-old girl, a 'sub' from a 'sub' family, one of Texas' downtrodden. Her father and brother enact that 'sub'-ness on her, week in, week out. She has only the vaguest notion that there is something wrong with the abuse she endures and instead dreams of the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then one day, Aggie walks out, and like the armadillos that flourish in Texas' barren landscape, she is a survivor...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her escape, she gravitates to those who are just as maltreated as her. They offer Aggie the sense of family, albeit a thoroughly dysfunctional one, that she's been searching for. But when she gets embroiled in a crisis involving stolen money, Aggie soon realises there are some problems you can't run away from.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Legend Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56250486423927,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/3696\/2501\/files\/9781785079597.jpg?v=1764167077","url":"https:\/\/thebooksocial.co.uk\/products\/armadillos","provider":"The Book Social","version":"1.0","type":"link"}