{"product_id":"9781526608116","title":"Opt Out","description":"Author: Setterwall, Carolina\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526608116\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Dec 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Propulsive and calmly devastating ... Setterwall is in full command' MARINA KEMP, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unwilding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Quietly affecting' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything will be fine.\u003c\/i\u003e That is what Mary and John promise when they tell their two children that they are getting a divorce. But while the end of their marriage offers them both freedom from their dissatisfaction, it brings to the fore the pain and resentments that have always percolated through their relationship and throws into stark relief their shortcomings as partners and as parents.\u003cbr\u003eWhile John finds a second chance at love     still retaining the support of their children     Mary is forced to contend with the fact that, having always yearned for the approval of others, she is thoroughly unprepared for the waves of change that are coming to reshape her life.\u003cbr\u003eTold from the alternating perspectives of Mary and John as they navigate life in the wake of their separation, \u003ci\u003eOpt Out\u003c\/i\u003e is an astute examination of the constrictive power of gender roles, and a reckoning with our impossibly idealised conceptions of motherhood. Smart and intimate, it explores the difficulties of breaking away from the constraints of one life in pursuit of another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Carolina Setterwall and \u003ci\u003eLet's Hope for the Best\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I've read it twice now ... Utterly compulsive' \u003cb\u003eMarian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I think the world should read it' \u003cb\u003eLisa Taddeo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brutally candid   - The most compelling book I've read in years' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's impossible not to draw comparisons with Karl Ove Knausgaard' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Every spare, controlled sentence has the ring of truth   - Gripping'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643223298206,"sku":"UBD-9781526608116","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526608116.jpg?v=1774484601","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526608116","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}