{"product_id":"ophelia-girls","title":"The Ophelia Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummer, 1973. Teenage Ruth and her four friends spend the scorching summer days in the river, recreating tableaus of the drowning Ophelia and other tragic heroines. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut as autumn draws nearer, real tragedy has found them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSummer, 1997. Ruth returns to her childhood home with her husband and three children, including her eldest daughter seventeen-year-old Maeve. However when Stuart, an old family friend comes to stay, the uneasy relationship between mother and daughter is pushed to its limit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor Stuart's arrival is a reminder of a death in Ruth's past, while Maeve is feeling more alive than ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the heat of the summer burns, how long can the family go before long-held secrets threaten to burst their banks and drown them all? Set between two fateful summers, Jane Healey's The Ophelia Girls is a visceral, heady exploration of illicit desire, infatuation and the perils and power of being a young woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Healey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42618345128193,"sku":"9781529014877","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/SIMPLEWEBSITEPRODUCTIMAGE-2025-07-16T112145.593.png?v=1752661314","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/ophelia-girls","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}