{"product_id":"the-blamed","title":"The Blamed","description":"'Insightful and astute writing ... Emily Hourican has a wonderful understanding of human nature' Louise O'Neill  The summer she turned twenty-five, Anna felt invincible.  In love for the first time, in a strange city far from home, she could be a new person. All that she had ever wanted was there for the taking. But the glorious possibility of those long sultry days ended in a reality far starker than she could have imagined.  Now, fifteen years later, Anna is struggling to get through to her teenage daughter Jessie -- named in memory of Anna's best friend -- who has developed an eating disorder. Mother and daughter were once close, but now Anna feels as if Jessie's every word and action is a mystery. Though sometimes she wonders if Jessie can see right through her.  And when her daughter starts to report dreams about the namesake she never met, Anna -- increasingly unnerved by just how much her daughter seems to know -- is forced to face the secrets of that summer when her life changed in one unravelling moment, and the brutal truth about the part she had to play.","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53249907589507,"sku":"9781473681118N","price":4.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/17bc1f7b-c51d-4ce2-8ebe-77a3e810cb43.jpg?v=1727700162","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-blamed","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}