{"product_id":"burning-bright-9","title":"Burning Bright","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**FROM THE AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eINSIDE THE WAVE, \u003c\/i\u003eTHE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Nadine runs away to London, innocence and corruption collide . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNadine, a sixteen-year-old runaway new to London, is set up in a decaying Georgian house by her Finnish lover, Kai. Slowly, she begins to suspect that Kai's plans for her have little to do with love. 'Be Careful,' warns Enid, the elderly sitting tenant in the house, who knows all about survival and secrets. And when Nadine discovers Kai's true intentions, Enid's warning takes on a terrible and prophetic quality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurning Bright \u003c\/i\u003eis bestselling author Helen Dunmore's second novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A story of terrible innocence'  \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The denouement is mesmerizing. One goes on addressing the problems of evil which Dunmore raises, long after one has finished her electrifying book'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Outstanding. The plot unfolds with both tension and inevitability as Dunmore plays off past against present, rubs together contemporary themes of urban corruption with far-off memories of taboo passion'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen Dunmore has published eleven novels with Penguin: \u003ci\u003eZennor in Darkness \u003c\/i\u003e, which won the McKitterick Prize; \u003ci\u003eBurning Bright\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Spell of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Orange Prize; \u003ci\u003eTalking to the Dead \u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYour Blue-Eyed Boy\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e With Your Crooked Heart\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Siege, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; \u003ci\u003eMourning Ruby\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHouse of Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCounting the Stars \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. She is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252709740888,"sku":"9780141033945","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141033945.jpg?v=1764816322","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/burning-bright-9","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}