TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chidgey,Catherine
TI  - Pet: a novel 
SN  - 9781609459307
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Europa Editions
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Teacher-student relationships
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Psychological fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - Novels
N1  - Subtitle from cover
N2  - "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."--
ER  -