{"product_id":"grievous-h-s-cross-9781250251206","title":"Grievous","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. S. Cross returns to \"a school as nuanced and secretive as J. K. Rowling's Hogwarts\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e) in\u003ci\u003e Grievous\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to her coming-of-age novel \u003ci\u003eWilberforce\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSt. Stephen's Academy, Yorkshire, 1931. A world unto itself, populated by boys reveling in life's first big mistakes and men still learning how to live with the consequences of their own. They live a cloistered life, exotic to modern eyes, founded upon privilege, ruled by byzantine and often unspoken laws, haunted by injuries both casual and calculated. Yet within those austere corridors can be found windows of enchantment, unruly love, and a wild sort of freedom, all vanished, it seems, from our world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold from a variety of viewpoints--including that of unhappy Housemaster John Grieves--\u003ci\u003eGrievous\u003c\/i\u003e takes us deep inside the crucible of St. Stephen's while retaining a clear-eyed, contemporary sensibility, drawing out the urges and even mercies hidden beneath the school's strict, unsparing surface. The Academy may live by its own codes, but as with the world around it--a world the characters must ultimately face--it already contains everything necessary to shape its people or tear them apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. S. Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250251206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250251206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.60w x 1.50d","brand":"H. S. Cross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906720420095,"sku":"9781250251206","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a39a1fb-2800-4b17-acd7-efc2b79d23b3.jpg?v=1748771229","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grievous-h-s-cross-9781250251206","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}