{"product_id":"9781910709566-secondhand-little","title":"Little","description":"The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud.  In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling: The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and . . . at the wax museum, heads are what they do. Exuberant and utterly distinctive,  Little  recalls a momentous stretch of French history through the eyes of Marie Groscholtz, who survives the harshest of beginnings and most violent of revolutions to craft her place in history.  Little  is a stunning artefact of a novel; a wonderfully grisly reimagining of the life and times of Madame Tussaud. Carey weaves a tale of heartfelt sympathy and jet-black humour; eccentric oddity and utter enchantment.  Dickensian in style with an unforgettable cast of characters,  Little  is a masterpiece for modern times. ","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50939461992667,"sku":"9781910709566-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d3f06103-0a14-4cec-b216-145df75dd998.jpg?v=1793021245","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781910709566-secondhand-little","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}