{"product_id":"wild-fires-9780008380373","title":"Wild Fires","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e*WINNER OF THE 2023 FRED KERNER BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION*\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS*\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e*FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE*\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrief is like an inside joke: you have to have been there to really \u003c\/em\u003eget\u003cem\u003e it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEverything Cassandra Rampersad knows about her family history has been overheard: whispered behind a closed door or written in a notebook stowed away. Cassandra has always been curious, and when a death in the family means she has to return home to Toronto, it seems like the perfect opportunity to finally discover what it is that no one else will talk about.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut uncovering the past will never be easy when it has stayed hidden for so long. And with every new revelation, Cassandra realises that there is a reason that her family has never been good at grieving...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA powerful meditation on memory and loss, \u003cem\u003eWild Fires\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully crafted novel from a stunning new literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWILD FIRES\u003c\/strong\u003e is Sophie Jai's debut novel. She was selected as a 2020 Writer-in-Residence and Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford for WILD FIRES, and was longlisted for the 2019 Bridport Prize Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a First Novel. Jai was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. She splits her time between Toronto and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Borough Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390205530386,"sku":"9780008380373","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9ec53c6-b59d-4393-823b-00846d95e8c2.jpg?v=1728942151","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wild-fires-9780008380373","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}