{"product_id":"9781743797860","title":"The Sea in the Metro","description":"Author: Jayne Tuttle\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781743797860\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hardie Grant Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the métro I ask her if she can see the sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eShe points at me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNot la mère, I laugh. La mer! The sea!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eI can’t see the sea, or myself as a mother, right now. All I see is sneakers and a skateboard and two shabby suitcases, one blue, one red. A soft, sweet head, curls tied up in pigtails, my face in them …\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Jayne is a new mother in Paris trying to balance her creative ambition and lust for city life with the instinctual urges of motherhood - and failing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n As her relationship with her husband and the city strains, she searches for answers in a friendship with an older Frenchwoman, the streets, the crowds, in art and writing and new wave cinema… but finds only more questions. Something has to give, but what?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n From the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eParis or Die\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Sweet Guillotine\u003c\/i\u003e comes a powerfully written story of desire, art and the complexity of modern womanhood.  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Sea in the Metro:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n ‘an intimate, multidimensional cartography of both the city and her inner world'\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n ‘Jayne Tuttle has created an exquisite portrait of a marriage adapting to the instability of parenthood, cast against a vivid backdrop of real Parisian life. A rare gem.'\u003cb\u003e—Natasha Brown, author of Universality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n ‘This is a book like sheet lightning: sudden, illuminating and sometimes terrifying. The Sea in the Metro tells the story of falling out of love with a city and back in love with life, the perfect denouement to Jayne Tuttle’s Paris trilogy. Frank. Devastating. Hilarious.'\u003cb\u003e—Tegan Bennett-Daylight, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Details\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n ‘\u003ci\u003eThe Sea in the Metro\u003c\/i\u003e is a paean to the big life, and depicts it in all its fizzing, thrilling complexity. A book of questions, longing, and falling in and out of love with motherhood, the city, and love itself. I adored it.'\u003cb\u003e—Dominic Amerena, author of \u003ci\u003eI Want Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n ‘Stunning. Her best yet. \u003ci\u003eThe Sea in the Metro \u003c\/i\u003eproves that Jayne Tuttle is a major talent.'\u003cb\u003e—Toni Jordan, author of \u003ci\u003eTenderfoot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n‘Sometimes reading The Sea in the Metro is like looking in a mirror. Confronting. Other times it’s like watching a football match complete with involuntary gasps, the occasional boo and a loud and lusty cheering on of our heroine. Which is all to say that the book is an entirely immersive experience. What a feat Jayne Tuttle’s latest book is. I loved it.’ \u003cb\u003e—Sophie Cunningham, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Devastating Fever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n ‘A whirlwind of longing – mother-longing, lover-longing, artist-longing – this book will sweep you off your feet.’ \u003cb\u003e—Siang Lu, author of \u003ci\u003eGhost Cities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n\n ‘Epic, fearless and compellingly honest ... Tuttle’s writing rings with authenticity while facing the darker, utterly real moments of motherhood, desire and the beautiful, infuriating pursuit of art.'\u003cb\u003e—Katherine Brabon, author of \u003ci\u003eBody Friend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n\n ‘Living intersections of bodies and wit, there is an addictive element about it - memory, consciousness, motherhood.’\u003cb\u003e—Misha Honcharenko, author of \u003ci\u003eTrap Unfolds me Greedily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'Lyrical, fierce and often funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea in the Metro \u003c\/i\u003eis a wonderfully vivid self-portrait of a young woman navigating the entanglements of love and loss, mortality and motherhood, creativity and paying the bills. It’s also a profound meditation on the idea of home. I loved it.'\u003cb\u003e—Jennifer Higgie, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side, A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n '\u003ci\u003eThe Sea in the Metro\u003c\/i\u003e is a paean to the big life, and depicts it in all its fizzing, thrilling complexity. A novel of questions, longing, and falling in and out of love with motherhood, the city, and love itself. I adored it.' \u003cb\u003e—Dominic Amerena, author of \u003ci\u003eI Want Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'An insightful, compelling and (occasionally) painful exploration of working motherhood. The push and pull between creating art and earning a living, the difficulty of challenging gender roles in a relationship, the strangeness of building a life in a new country and culture … \u003ci\u003eThe Sea in the Metro\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully brings all of these complex ideas together, with piercing clarity. Jayne Tuttle has created an exquisite portrait of a marriage adapting to the instability of parenthood, cast against a vivid backdrop of real Parisian life. A rare gem.'\u003cb\u003e —Natasha Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eAssembly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUniversality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46521313525918,"sku":"TLD-9781743797860","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781743797860.jpg?v=1771300701","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781743797860","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}