{"product_id":"poor-creatures-by-mairi-kidd-9781785306495","title":"Poor Creatures","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe did not mean to.\u003cbr\u003eBut she has killed, and killed, and killed again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDundee, 1812. Isabel Baxter awaits the arrival of Mary Godwin, a girl of precocious intellect and grand passions, sent north to cure an ailment no one understands. Nestled in woodland on the banks of the Tay, the Baxter family estate seems a perfect place for a troubled girl to recuperate. But The Cottage is a place of secrets, memories... and monsters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaunted by sickness and loss, Mary steps with Isabel into a shared fantasy world of intrigue and desire. As the fiction weaves its web about them, the two girls begin to lose their interest in reality - with far-ranging consequences for the lives of more than themselves...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tale of the birth of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003ehas fascinated for centuries. \u003ci\u003ePoor Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e imagines the birth of Mary Shelley the writer - and the devastating effects on the circle about her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288710988012,"sku":"9781785306495","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/260200d1956f2dc578d432c7ce67dea0.jpg?v=1770605354","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/poor-creatures-by-mairi-kidd-9781785306495","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}