{"product_id":"cathedrals","title":"Cathedrals","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781917260282\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (US)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Charco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLia fled her home after a brutal crime decades ago, but family, and the truth, will never let you go.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, in an empty plot of a quiet neighbourhood, a teenage girl's body was found quartered and burned. The investigation ended with no arrests and her family – middle class, educated, Catholic – quietly disintegrated. Three decades later, the hidden truth comes to light thanks to the father's enduring love for the victim. That truth will reveal the raw realities lurking behind appearances, the cruelty of those who prioritise obedience and religious fanaticism, the complicity of the fearful and the indifferent, and the loneliness and desperation of those who seek to follow their own path, ignoring the dictates of their elders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as she did with \u003ci\u003eElena Knows\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Little Luck\u003c\/i\u003e, Claudia Piñeiro delves into family ties, social prejudice, and the ideologies and institutions that affect our inner worlds to deliver a brave, moving novel that strikes at the heart of these private dramas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of her strongest novels to date.' – \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Piñeiro beautifully blends mystery and true crime tropes with incisive insights into the church’s sexual repression and subjugation of women. It’s an illuminating page-turner.' – \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With her characteristic edge-of-the-seat storytelling, Piñeiro exposes not only the monsters we live among, but also the society that produces them.' – \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An affecting examination of devotion, both virtuous and misguided, as well as a withering cri\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41860273242245,"sku":"PR435945","price":44.8,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTGEE3BP7SMK.jpg?v=1789126772","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/cathedrals","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}