{"product_id":"the-amber-fury","title":"The Amber Fury","description":"Product Description\n\n*** Shortlisted for the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award 2014 ***\n\nWhen you open up, who will you let in?\n\nAlex Morris has lost everything:her relationship, her career and her faith in the future. Moving to Edinburgh to escape her demons, Alex takes a job teaching at a Pupil Referral Unit. It's a place for kids whose behaviour is so extreme that they cannot be taught in a normal classroom. Alex is fragile with grief and way out of her depth.\n\nHer fourth-year students are troubled and violent. In desperation to reach them, Alex turns to the stories she knows best. Greek tragedy isn't the most obvious way to win over such damaged children, yet these tales of fate, family and vengeance speak directly to them.\n\u003cbr enthralled by the bloodthirsty justice of ancient world teenagers begin to weave threads their own tragedy one that alex watches helpless prevent. review a handsomely structured psychological mystery and moving exploration grief shriver stayed up all night finish amber fury. it gripping compelling real page-turner written with humanity warmth watson author before i go sleep haynes debut is not only thriller but also beautifully drawn portrait how we find our way back life. loved it. miller song achilles first novel...impossible put down. kock international bestseller dinner elegiac funny achingly sad tale pulls you along like river falls. hypnotic whedon from opening pages fury hook in cant wait see where her headed times dextrous debut... writes fine eye for detail. mail crafted novel booker prize judge. magazine raw emotion matches potential s ambitious novel. on sunday book description dark about an inexperienced teacher who builds powerful ultimately dangerous connection students. secret history meets notes scandal. natalie writer broadcaster reviewer classicist. she was once stand-up comic retired when realised preferred comedy. always keen be paid what would reading anyway judged theakstons old peculier crime year women fiction man\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40585966551125,"sku":"9781782392781N","price":5.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/df824c4c-6d37-4174-8e66-b9de21f5dac2.jpg?v=1681898479","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-amber-fury","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}