{"product_id":"9780241992661","title":"Assembly","description":"Author: Brown, Natasha\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241992661\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 05 May 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 112\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlistering and unignorable, the hottest literary debut of 2021 - a fearlessly truthful examination of race, class, wealth and power in modern Britain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCome of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Home vans. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unnamed Black British woman is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's old family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of her life- the big promotion at work, a foot on the property ladder, a marriage proposal on the horizon. All the pieces of success sliding into place. So why does she feel so terrible? Why does it feel like she's living a story she had no hand in writing?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBold, innovative and breathtakingly insightful, \u003ci\u003eAssembly\u003c\/i\u003e examines the stories we all live within - those of race and class, safety and freedom, winners and losers.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAnd it imagines one woman daring to take control of her own story, even at the cost of her life.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46727035027614,"sku":"UBD-9780241992661","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241992661.jpg?v=1776491852","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241992661","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}