{"product_id":"lemon-sherbet-rosie-beattie-9781806053001","title":"Lemon Sherbet: A haunting mix of memory, guilt, obsession, and dangerous desire","description":"'GIRL A' MEETS 'SHARP OBJECTS' WHERE LIFE'S SOUR TWISTS LINGER ON THE BREATH OF A FINAL SWEET EXHALE. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLEMON SHERBET IS A WORK OF DARK WOMEN'S LITERARY FICTION FOR READERS OF LIANE MORIARTY AND DOUGLAS STUART. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen X is sectioned in a secure psychiatric ward, she is forced to confront the wreckage of her life: fractured memories, dangerous behaviour and a childhood she has spent decades trying to outrun. Raised in a children's home controlled by the brutal Dr Fisher, X has survived punishment, neglect and the sweet lure of lemon sherbets from his antique jar. However, the guilt she carries from abandoning her friend Caramel during a life-changing assault has never left her. Now, as her psychiatrist begins to challenge the version of events she has always believed, X is forced to confront a series of devastating realisations. Cutting between childhood trauma, a turbulent foster home, destructive adult relationships and a spiralling obsession that ends in collapse, LEMON SHERBET is a vivid, unsettling journey through shifting shadows of memory and delusion. X is an enigma the reader will long to solve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'My Page Turner Award winner 2024. Dark, immersive and emotionally charged, Rosie Beattie's debut novel is a powerful, visceral journey.' - Tracy Stewart Page Turner Judge\/ Founder Freshly Press \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An astonishing, wholly original debut.' - Alan Eyres Executive Producer Plimsoll USA \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Fresh. Brilliantly visual. Just begging for the screen.' - Katie Bailiff CEO Women in Film and TV UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosie Beattie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1806053004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781806053001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosie Beattie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Rosie Beattie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801229537535,"sku":"9781806053001","price":12.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lemon-sherbet-rosie-beattie-9781806053001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}