{"product_id":"arsonist-book-sue-miller-9781408857250","title":"The Arsonist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A finely observed study of identity and belonging' \u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFleeing the end of an affair, and troubled by the feeling that she  belongs nowhere after working in East Africa for fifteen years, Frankie  Rowley comes home to the small New Hampshire town of Pomeroy and the  farmhouse where her family has always summered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn her first night  back, a house up the road burns to the ground. Is it an accident, or something more deliberate? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the following weeks, as Frankie comes to recognise her father’s slow  failing and her mother’s desperation, and tentatively gets to know  the new owner of the local newspaper, another house burns - and then  another. These frightening events crack open the deep social fault lines in  the town, raising questions about how and where one ought to live, and  what it really means to lead a fulfilling life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003ci\u003eThe Arsonist\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stonking good read'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A treat'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I love Sue Miller and would recommend any of her books; she is a tremendous writer'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I could not put it down'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A lovely narrative that will never leave me. Five stars'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I loved every page'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49649056153873,"sku":"GOR007309190","price":4.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49668657217809,"sku":"GOR007032353","price":4.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53747426296081,"sku":"GOR010773789","price":4.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1408857251.jpg?v=1751422949","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/arsonist-book-sue-miller-9781408857250","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}