{"product_id":"when-we-lost-our-heads-paperback","title":"When We Lost Our Heads - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Every decent friendship comes with a drop of hatred. But that hatred is like honey in the tea. It makes it addictive.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Charismatic Marie Antoine is the daughter of the richest man in 19th century Montreal. She has everything she wants, except for a best friend--until clever, scheming Sadie Arnett moves to the neighborhood. Immediately united by their passion and intensity, Marie and Sadie attract and repel each other in ways that thrill them both. Their games soon become tinged with risk, even violence. Forced to separate by the adults around them, they spend years engaged in acts of alternating innocence and depravity. And when a singular event brings them back together, the dizzying effects will upend the city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Traveling from a repressive finishing school to a vibrant brothel, taking readers firsthand into the brutality of factory life and the opulent lives of Montreal's wealthy, \u003ci\u003eWhen We Lost Our Heads\u003c\/i\u003e dazzlingly explores gender, sex, desire, class, and the terrifying power of the human heart when it can't let someone go.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, poet, short-story writer, screenwriter, and essayist. \u003ci\u003eLullabies for Little Criminals\u003c\/i\u003e, her debut novel, was published in 2006 to international critical acclaim and was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Born and raised in Montreal, O'Neill lives there today with her daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 7.98 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701895663679,"sku":"9780593422915","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d894e0284a7f03ae90448c596599aae5.webp?v=1765022375","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/when-we-lost-our-heads-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}