{"product_id":"9780008827892","title":"Lack","description":"Author: Cecilia Knapp\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008827892\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 May 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the quiet, lonely hours of the middle of the night, a woman scrolls social media on her phone. Babies are everywhere. All her friends seem to have one. But she is full of doubt – just the creep sniffing at the window. How can she consider the enormity of new life when the world outside is burning?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides, there’s something wrong in her body. She can feel it: pain, a constant dull ache she is too frightened to investigate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then there’s something darker, pulsing beneath the surface, threatening to catch up with her. Hers is a life deeply affected by grief and chaos; the death of her mother, a long buried sexual assault, and a drawn-out affair with a married actor of middling fame and maximum ego – full of glamour, hedonism, obsession and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it possible to rebuild, when all you feel is lack?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e––-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A stunning poet and an equally gorgeous storyteller. I love everything Cecilia Knapp writes' HOLLIE MCNISH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Cecilia Knapp is a great writer. I love her' KAE TEMPEST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I really love Cecilia’s writing. It's sharp. Cuts to the quick. And offers my favourite thing, a real insight into the minds of women and all the things we don't often get to say out loud' SALMA EL-WARDANY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'As acute and relatable a portrait of modern life as a thirty-something woman as you wish for […] Utterly authentic' \u003cem\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47839640944798,"sku":"HPC-9780008827892","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008827892.jpg?v=1781076503","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008827892","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}