01844cam a2200337 i 4500 1858347234 TxAuBib 20250115120000.0 230329s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781609459307 160945930X 9781787704732 paperback 1787704734 paperback (OCoLC)1374107429 TxAuBib rda Chidgey, Catherine, 1970-, Author. Pet / Catherine Chidgey. New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2023. ©2023. 323 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a yet darker turn. Justine must decide where her loyalties lie. Set in New Zealand in the 1980s and probing themes of racism, misogyny and the oppressive reaches of Catholicism, Pet will take a rightful place next to other classic portraits of childhood betrayal and psychological suspense: Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping among them."--. Provided by publisher. 20250115. Catholic Church Fiction. Teacher-student relationships Fiction. New Zealand History 20th century Fiction. Psychological fiction. lcgft TXKIP