{"product_id":"the-nancys-by-rwr-mcdonald-9781760879624","title":"The Nancys","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Funny, dark and above all, heart-warming, \u003ci\u003eThe Nancys\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of what's important in life - which is family, friendship and also: makeovers. R.W.R. McDonald's novel is face-paced, clever and full of wit and repartee. McDonald pays homage to the novel's namesake Nancy Drew, but adds elements of RuPaul and Shirley Barrett's \u003ci\u003eThe Bus on Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e. The result is a work of fiction that is smart, darkly comic and, in the very best of ways, completely bizarre.' - Katherine Collette, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Helpline\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A delight - moving and hilarious. I loved every minute I spent with these characters.' - Paddy O'Reilly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'How does \u003ci\u003eThe Nancys\u003c\/i\u003e manage to be both sharp and blackly funny, but also uplifting and sweet?' - Toni Jordan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTippy Chan is eleven and lives in a small town in a very quiet part of the world - the place her Uncle Pike escaped from the first chance he got as a teenager. Now Pike is back with his new boyfriend Devon to look after Tippy while her mum's on a cruise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTippy is in love with her uncle's old Nancy Drew books, especially the early ones where Nancy was sixteen and did whatever she wanted. She wants to be Nancy and is desperate to solve a real mystery. When her teacher's body is found beside Riverstone's only traffic light, Tippy's moment has arrived. She and her minders form The Nancys, a secret amateur detective club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut what starts as a bonding and sightseeing adventure quickly morphs into something far more dangerous. A wrongful arrest, a close call with the murderer, and an intervention from Tippy's mum all conspire against The Nancys. But regardless of their own safety, and despite the constant distraction of questionable fashion choices in the town that style forgot, The Nancys know only they can stop the killer from striking again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nancys\u003c\/i\u003e is gripping and glorious, a heart-warming novel for anyone who's ever felt they were on the outside looking in. At its heart, it is about the family we make and how we must summon the courage to face the truth, no matter what the cost may be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46555520827628,"sku":"9781760879624","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26183183482814.jpg?v=1750104223","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-nancys-by-rwr-mcdonald-9781760879624","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}