{"product_id":"havoc-9781529434491","title":"Havoc","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A LABYRINTHINE MYSTERY OF EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY' Jo Brand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'DELIRIOUS AND REWARDING' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'UNMISSABLE' \u003ci\u003eWoman's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFleeing Scotland in the wake of family disgrace, 16-year-old Ida Campbell secures a scholarship at a failing girls' boarding school on a remote part of the south English coast. Despite the eccentricities of her new Headmistress, who warns her of the dangers of the Cold War and the ever-present threat of \u003ci\u003ethe bomb\u003c\/i\u003e, St Anne's seems like a refuge to Ida. But all this is about to change. For a start, her new room-mate is the infamous Louise Adler, potential arsonist and hardened outcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, the geography teacher Eleanor Alston, in her late thirties, a disastrous love affair in her wake, faces the new term with weary resignation. But the fragile ecosystem of the school is disrupted by the arrival of a new teacher, Matthew Langfield. Eleanor has an uneasy feeling he is not who he says he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd things only get worse when a mysterious sickness starts to spread throughout the school, causing strange limb jerks and seizures among the pupils. \u003cb\u003eWhat is happening to the girls of St Anne's? Could there be a poisoner among them? Is Ida's scholarship really an escape, or is it instead a new nightmare?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS ARE LOVING \u003ci\u003eHAVOC\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Superb. Brilliantly funny, at times extremely poignant' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'Another beautifully written book by Rebecca' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'Utterly glorious, moving, enthralling and witty. I am so cross I have finished it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'I absolutely loved the humour in this book. Bonus points for the Cold War references' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'Entertaining and humorous' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Wait","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452815159638,"sku":"9781529434491","price":62.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9781529434491.jpg?v=1793656264","url":"https:\/\/www.englishbook.pl\/products\/havoc-9781529434491","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}