{"product_id":"9781867251620","title":"The Fancies","description":"Author: Kim Lock \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781867251620 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 235mm x 154mm x 28mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbigail Fancy returns to the tiny town that the Fancys have ruled for decades, fresh from her second stint in prison and utterly out of time... A bold, punchy and wry novel from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Other Side of Beautiful.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA story about stories: those we tell, those we believe and those we make into a reality, whether true, murky or not true at all.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePort Kingerton: the insular cray-fishing town at the butt-end of South Australia, where everyone knows everyone. And everyone knows too that when Abigail Fancy left town at seventeen, she hung out the window of her boyfriend's Corolla, middle fingers held high, swearing she'd never come back. And she hasn't, until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt her parents' house Abigail finds a party (read town meeting) in full swing over something iffy found on the beach - a thighbone. And although iffy things aren't uncommon in Port Kingerton, Abigail's surprise arrival forces a family - and an entire town - to unpack a twenty-four-year-old secret that rocked this tiny place to its core: that time they found something \u003cem\u003emuch\u003c\/em\u003e iffier ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Abigail, her grandfather Old Dick Fancy's unreliable memories and the collective voices of the town itself, Port Kingerton unravels as old wounds are picked open, skeletons fall from closets and unlikely bonds are forged. But will Abigail finally change the past ...?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFresh, punchy, expertly crafted and deliciously wry - the author of \u003c\/em\u003eThe Other Side of Beautiful\u003cem\u003e returns with a tour de force of a small-town mystery where a homecoming lifts the veil on a time when a town failed to stand up for its girls.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPRAISE FOR KIM LOCK:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'With this book [\u003cem\u003eThe Fancies\u003c\/em\u003e], she establishes herself as an author to watch. With a voice that is unabashedly Australian, this is an extraordinary read, filled with irony and dry humour and total lack of pretension.' \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/em\u003e, Noteable Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eThe Fancies\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonder. A brilliantly observed, laugh-out-loud funny, page-turner with a tender heart and a spine of the finest feminist steel.' - \u003cstrong\u003eEmily Maguire, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eAn Isolated Incident\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eThe Fancies\u003c\/em\u003e is a-page turner; its voice is truly unabashedly Australian. It's delightful in its rhythm, pace, sense of irony and dry humour and total lack of pretension ... establishes Kim Lock as an author to watch.' - \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetter Reading\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tender, funny and quietly profound, \u003cem\u003eThe Other Side of Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e is a breath of fresh air.' - \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A colourful, engaging story of escape and road-trip adventure ... also compellingly cinematic and features an endearing narrator-heroine with plenty of meaty real-world troubles.' - \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An engaging story about second chances and a life changing road trip ... a heart-warming story.' - \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCanberra Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667933257886,"sku":"HPC-9781867251620","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781867251620.jpg?v=1751333064","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781867251620","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}