{"product_id":"brutes-9781646222155","title":"Brutes","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDIZZ TATE \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in Florida and lives in London, U.K. She has had short stories published in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Tokens Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Dials\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e 3: AM Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She was long-listed for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award in 2020 and won the Bristol Short Story Prize in 2019. \u003ci\u003eBrutes\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582172631314,"sku":"9781646222155","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a5e78bfd-5fd8-4dbb-ae68-c0d90647c276.jpg?v=1732019586","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brutes-9781646222155","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}