{"product_id":"9780099501558","title":"Missy","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hannan, Chris \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/07\/2009,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099501558,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rowdy, exuberant, badly behaved blast of an adventure, Missy begins in 1862 with Dol McQueen, nineteen-year-old flash girl and opium user, heading for a boom town in the American West. On the way she prevents a man from hanging himself only to discover he is a murderous pimp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he turns up later at the saloon where she has found work with some stolen goods he wants her to hide, Dol grabs the chance to start a new life and takes off into the wilderness with the loot and all hell in pursuit. Her alcoholic mother is an added burden on the mad, epic journey: can Dol save herself, her mother and their poisonous relationship?Like her literary predecessors, Becky Sharpe and Moll Flanders, Dol is a flawed but irresistible anti-heroine, and Missy is an astounding debut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697673601068,"sku":"9780099501558","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780099501558.jpg?v=1722598643","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780099501558","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}