{"product_id":"poor-creatures-mairi-kidd","title":"Poor Creatures – Mairi Kidd","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"transition: height 0.3s ease-in-out; height: 1091px; max-height: none; overflow: hidden;\" class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant, fictionalised story of Mary Shelley and the birth of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe did not mean to.\u003cbr\u003eBut she has killed, and killed, and killed again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDundee, 1812. Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of precocious intellect and grand passions, sent north to cure an ailment no one understands. Nestled in woodland on the banks of the Tay, the Baxter family estate seems a perfect place for a troubled girl to recuperate. But The Cottage is a place of secrets, memories... and monsters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaunted by sickness and loss, Mary steps with Isabel into a shared fantasy world of intrigue and desire. As the fiction weaves its web about them, the two girls begin to lose their interest in reality - with far-ranging consequences for the lives of more than themselves...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tale of the birth of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ehas fascinated for centuries.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoor Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eimagines the birth of Mary Shelley the writer - and the devastating effects on the circle about her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485999939738,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/poor-creatures-9781785306495.jpg?v=1772060189","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.com\/products\/poor-creatures-mairi-kidd","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}