{"product_id":"9781399631686","title":"Searoad","description":"Author: Ursula K. Le Guin\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399631686\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 May 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A vision of multiplicity and endless change and continuity' \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rich, warm, and as easy on the soul as an afternoon on the beach' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSearoad is a sandy track that runs between the town of Klatsand and the rugged Oregon coast.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross this stretch, locals with roots in the town overlap with visitors staying in its run-down motels: a man questions his wife's desire to be a poet; a summering librarian indulges in an affair; a waitress recalls the shooting of her teenage daughter by her own husband. And always, women walk on the long, long beach.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd as the narrative shifts from the horizontal present to the vertical past, a four-generation chain of mothers and daughters reaches back to Klatsand's beginnings - and forward to its future.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  In \u003ci\u003eSearoad\u003c\/i\u003e, trailblazing feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin paints a vivid and powerfully evocative portrait of a small community built over the course of a century.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47857165074590,"sku":"ADS-9781399631686","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399631686.jpg?v=1781482382","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399631686","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}