{"product_id":"the-followers","title":"The Followers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Followers is a sharp debut that explores themes of peer pressure, girlhood, identity, social capital, and how schoolyard dynamics translate to social media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriendship with Lacey felt like a warm hand pressing very tightly against my throat. The difficulty breathing felt better than the chill of abandonment that overcame me every time she would, just for a second, relax the pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautiful, manipulative Lacey is a lifestyle influencer turned bestselling author who preaches self-love and body confidence to her million followers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut one of those followers is Teresa. She remembers Lacey as a prepubescent mean girl who kept the loyal members of her gang-Teresa included-on a short leash. Twenty years later, she watches Lacey from afar with the ghost of her younger self and a copy of Lacey's new self-help book for company. While Lacey seems to have rebranding down to an art form, Teresa can't shake their past so easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Followers is a keenly observed and darkly funny exploration of coming of age in the social media era, and how the children we were shape the adults we become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I could not put this book down: Maree Spratt's characters gripped me from the first sentence. The Followers is a sophisticated and serious satire, showing the machinations of the minds of young pre-teen girls with the depth they so deserve, but rarely get, in literature.' Alice Pung\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46465770815659,"sku":"9781760878924","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/3732\/9579\/files\/9781760878924.jpg?v=1776664944","url":"https:\/\/notjustbooks.com.au\/products\/the-followers","provider":"Not Just Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}