{"product_id":"9781526638717","title":"Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories","description":"Author: Wolitzer, Hilma\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526638717\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Nov 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e '\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Books You Should Read'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePeople m\u003c\/i\u003eagazine 'Book of the Week'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a foreword by Elizabeth Strout\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eElectric- with wit, with rage, with grief, with the kind of prose that makes you both laugh and thrill to the darker, spikier emotions just barely visible under the bright surface. What a wonderful collection of stories' \u003cb\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnother day! And then another and another and another. It seemed as if it would all go on forever in that exquisitely boring and beautiful way. But of course it wouldn't; everyone knows that.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this collection, Hilma Wolitzer invites us inside the private world of domestic bliss, seen mostly through the lens of Paulie and Howard's gloriously ordinary marriage.\u003cbr\u003eFrom hasty weddings to meddlesome neighbours, ex-wives who \u003ci\u003ejust won't leave,\u003c\/i\u003e to sleepless nights spent worrying about unanswered chainmail, Wolitzer captures the tensions, contradictions and unexpected detours of daily life with wit, candour and an acutely observant eye.\u003cbr\u003eIncluding stories first published in magazines in the 1960s and 1970s     alongside new writing from Wolitzer, now in her nineties     \u003ci\u003eToday a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket\u003c\/i\u003e reintroduces a beloved writer to be embraced by a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating time capsule of womanhood, marriage and motherhood over the last century   - A fabulous book' \u003cb\u003eEmma Straub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Immensely gratifying, poignant, funny   - Breathtaking' \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Strout, from the foreword\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629808242846,"sku":"UBD-9781526638717","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526638717.jpg?v=1774221605","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526638717","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}