{"product_id":"the-black-monk-by-charlotte-grimshaw","title":"The Black Monk by Charlotte Grimshaw","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFamily secrets unsettle a woman's carefully shaped life\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery Good Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e - Covers show light scuffing and soiling, with minor corner creasing. Page edges are toned. The photographed text pages appear unmarked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Lidell's present is haunted by a difficult Auckland childhood and by her brother Cedric's struggles with addiction. As troubling memories and family denials begin to press against the stories she has told herself, an unsettling figure adds another source of uncertainty. Her work in television writing becomes entangled with questions about truth, invention and the versions of events people choose to believe. Charlotte Grimshaw's novel explores the lasting effects of family secrecy and the difficulty of understanding a past that others refuse to acknowledge, following a woman whose search for clarity threatens the boundaries of her familiar world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Value Junction ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67613401743572,"sku":"TVJ-033057","price":11.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/3059\/2980\/files\/TVJ-033057-1.jpg?v=1790809647","url":"https:\/\/thevaluejunction.co.nz\/products\/the-black-monk-by-charlotte-grimshaw","provider":"The Value Junction ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}