{"product_id":"9781398504967","title":"Rouge","description":"Author: Mona Awad\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781398504967\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Nov 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBunny\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCan she escape her mother’s fate and find a connection that is more than skin deep?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of 2023 in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian, i\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e newspaper, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times, Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlobe and Mail, Bustle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, LitHub, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur Culture Mag\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and more!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eYou think, “She’s not going to go there…yes, she is.' \u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'The trancelike, rhapsodic language and deepening atmosphere of unreality make for a narrative that oozes with unease.'\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n ‘\u003ci\u003eRouge \u003c\/i\u003eis a must-read for anyone who has found themselves obsessively, and even dangerously, fixated on self-improvement. [...] Dreamline, hypnotic and enchanting in its language, \u003ci\u003eRouge\u003c\/i\u003e proves Awad is a huge talent’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStylist, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n For as long as she can remember, Belle has been obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother’s considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of \u003ci\u003eLa Maison de Méduse\u003c\/i\u003e, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother’s) obsession with the mirror—and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSnow White \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e in this surreal descent into the dark side of beauty, envy, grief, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror, \u003ci\u003eRouge\u003c\/i\u003e explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry—as well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals, \u003ci\u003eRouge\u003c\/i\u003e holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46658471297182,"sku":"HPC-9781398504967","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781398504967.jpg?v=1774926644","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781398504967","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}