{"product_id":"we-pretty-pieces-of-flesh-hardcover","title":"We Pretty Pieces of Flesh - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColwill Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A brilliant portrait of female friendship, nearly the equal in honesty and subtlety to Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eexuberant and ribald debut novel about three adolescent girls, as sweetly vulnerable as they are cunning and tough, coming of age in a gritty postindustrial town in nineties Yorkshire, England\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ask anyone non-Northern, they'll only know Donny as punchline of a joke or place they changed trains once ont way to London.\" But Doncaster's also the home of Rach, Shaz, and Kel, bezzies since childhood and Donny lasses through and through. Never mind that Rach is skeptical of Shaz's bolder plots; or that Shaz, who comes from a rougher end of town, feels left behind when the others begin plotting a course to uni; or that Kel sometimes feels split in two trying to keep the peace--the girls are inseparable, their friendship as indestructible as they are. But as they grow up and away from one another, a long-festering secret threatens to rip the trio apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in a Yorkshire dialect that brings a place and its people magnificently to life, Colwill Brown's debut novel spans decades as its heroines come of age, never shying from the ugly truths of girlhood. Like \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe Pretty Pieces of Flesh \u003c\/i\u003etracks hard-edged lives and makes them sing, turning one overlooked and forgotten town into the very center of the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColwill Brown\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and is now based in the United States. She holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where she received a James A. Michener Fellowship, and an MA in English literature from Boston College. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications and has received scholarships, awards, and support from the Tin House Summer Workshop, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Hedgebrook, Ragdale, the Anderson Center, GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing, and elsewhere. For fifteen years she's lived with ME\/CFS, a debilitating neurological disease triggered by a virus that, due to systemic medical neglect, currently has no treatment. A proud Donny lass, she claims to have played bass guitar in (nearly) every rock venue on South Yorkshire's toilet circuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 8.48 x 5.73 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52025053249837,"sku":"9781250342881","price":27.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/we-pretty-pieces-of-flesh-hardcover-1658297.webp?v=1777427405","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/we-pretty-pieces-of-flesh-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}