{"product_id":"9781526693587","title":"Novel About My Wife","description":"Author: Perkins, Emily\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526693587\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 04 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRejacketed edition of the darkly gripping novel by the Ockham Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLioness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Stone is madly in love with his wife Ann. Pushing forty and expecting their first child, they buy a semi-derelict house in Hackney. Despite their spiralling money troubles, they believe this is their settled future. But Ann becomes convinced she's being shadowed by a homeless man whose presence seems like a terrible omen. As their child grows, Ann's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, feverish and disturbed. On the verge of losing everything, Tom makes a decision that he hopes will save their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNovel About My Wife \u003c\/i\u003eis a taut, sensuous and chilling portrait of a marriage beset by paranoia and obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a prize-winning collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eNot Her Real Name\u003c\/i\u003e, and four novels, including \u003ci\u003eNovel About My Wife\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the NZ Book Award and the Believer Magazine Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eThe Forrests\u003c\/i\u003e (longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction) and \u003ci\u003eLioness\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Ockham NZ Prize for Fiction).","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655895208094,"sku":"UBD-9781526693587","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526693587.jpg?v=1774836607","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526693587","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}