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Chidgey, Catherine, 1970-

Pet : a novel / Catherine Chidgey. - New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2023. - 323 pages ; 21 cm

Subtitle from cover.

"Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a yet darker turn. Justine must decide where her loyalties lie. Set in New Zealand in the 1980s and probing themes of racism, misogyny and the oppressive reaches of Catholicism, Pet will take a rightful place next to other classic portraits of childhood betrayal and psychological suspense: Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping among them."--

ISBN: 9781609459307 160945930X 9781787704732 1787704734

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC392962 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 021054275 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Teacher-student relationships--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand--History--20th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Psychological fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.