Full Product Details
Author: Catherine Barter
Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
Imprint: Andersen Press Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.268kg
ISBN: 9781839130069
ISBN 10: 1839130067
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 04 February 2021
Recommended Age: From 12 to 18 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Atmospheric, unsettling and laced with political and feminist observation * Guardian * This is a chilling story for older readers, subtle and creeping with echoes of Shirley Jackson. Maggie is a wonderful character, impulsive and flawed but hugely relatable, and her slow realisation that she might be in over her head whilst nobody believes her is heartbreakingly written * BookTrust * Rich in historic atmosphere and detail, and smouldering with female desire to be heard in a patriarchal society, Catherine Barter's We Played with Fire is a hauntingly riveting read -- Joanne Owen * LoveReading4Kids * A truly exciting work of historical fiction, We Played With Fire is also a genuinely chilling Gothic read * Books for Keeps * Deliciously arresting and hauntingly atmospheric * Bluebird Reviews *
This is a chilling story for older readers, subtle and creeping with echoes of Shirley Jackson. Maggie is a wonderful character, impulsive and flawed but hugely relatable, and her slow realisation that she might be in over her head whilst nobody believes her is heartbreakingly written * BookTrust * Rich in historic atmosphere and detail, and smouldering with female desire to be heard in a patriarchal society, Catherine Barter's We Played with Fire is a hauntingly riveting read -- Joanne Owen * LoveReading4Kids * A truly exciting work of historical fiction, We Played With Fire is also a genuinely chilling Gothic read * Books for Keeps * Deliciously arresting and hauntingly atmospheric * Bluebird Reviews *
Rich in historic atmosphere and detail, and smouldering with female desire to be heard in a patriarchal society, Catherine Barter's We Played with Fire is a hauntingly riveting read -- Joanne Owen * LoveReading4Kids *
Author Information
Catherine Barter grew up in Warwickshire, and then lived in Norwich for ten years, where she worked in a library, a bookshop, and for an organisation campaigning for the rights of garment workers. After gaining a PhD in American literature, she ditched academia for the lucrative world of independent bookselling. Currently she lives in East London and co-manages Housmans, a radical independent bookshop in King’s Cross.
