{"product_id":"the-followers-by-maree-spratt-9781760878924","title":"The Followers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFriendship with Lacey felt like a warm hand pressing very tightly against my throat. The difficulty breathing felt better than the chill of abandonment that overcame me every time she would, just for a second, relax the pressure.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeautiful, manipulative Lacey is a lifestyle influencer turned bestselling author who preaches self-love and body confidence to her million followers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut one of those followers is Teresa. She remembers Lacey as a prepubescent mean girl who kept the loyal members of her gang—Teresa included—on a short leash. Twenty years later, she watches Lacey from afar with the ghost of her younger self and a copy of Lacey's new self-help book for company. While Lacey seems to have rebranding down to an art form, Teresa can't shake their past so easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Followers\u003c\/em\u003e is a keenly observed and darkly funny exploration of coming of age in the social media era, and how the children we were shape the adults we become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I could not put this book down: Maree Spratt's characters gripped me from the first sentence. \u003cem\u003eThe Followers\u003c\/em\u003e is a sophisticated and serious satire, showing the machinations of the minds of young pre-teen girls with the depth they so deserve, but rarely get, in literature.' Alice Pung\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47548205760748,"sku":"9781760878924","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781760878924.jpg?v=1776739086","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-followers-by-maree-spratt-9781760878924","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}