{"product_id":"the-good-child-s-c-karakaltsas-9780994503299","title":"The Good Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A mother can't wipe away years of love. I just can't do it, no matter what he's done.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Good Child is a compelling story of two very different women: 72-year-old Lucille, with a hidden tragic past, and 30-year-old Quin, whose ambitions lost her everything. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone hates Lucille for what her son Tom, did and she can't blame them. He'll probably go to jail. She's to blame too - she ignored all of his faults - perhaps even encouraged them. She never wanted him in the first place. But that wasn't her first mistake. She'd ignored her grandmother's warning that if she married the man she loved, her life would be a disaster. She was right too. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Lucille's on a train with no money and no home. All she's left with is a blind overprotective love for her son, but even that is now pushed to the brink as she comes to terms with her actions and those of Tom's. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuin worked for Tom and knows exactly what he's done because she helped him do it - she turned a blind eye to the corners he cut and the lies he told. Now, she's lost everything and it's her own fault. She wants revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she meets Lucille on the train and finds herself facing her past and her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in detail and epic in scope, The Good Child is a powerful novel of emotional and financial resilience, loss and unexpected friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. C. Karakaltsas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0994503296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780994503299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karadie Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.01d","brand":"S. C. Karakaltsas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47304785068287,"sku":"9780994503299","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e59588ad-58e8-4737-8b06-f85c5538c295.jpg?v=1758829162","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-good-child-s-c-karakaltsas-9780994503299","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}