{"product_id":"9781778430060","title":"Tear","description":"Author: Erica McKeen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781778430060\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Invisible Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jan 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR LITERARY FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e49TH STREET EDITOR'S PICK FOR SEPTEMBER 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reclamation offemale rage and a horrifyingly deformed Bildungsroman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances is quiet and reclusive,so much so that her upstairs roommates sometimes forget she exists. Isolated inthe basement, and on the brink of graduating from university, Frances herselfstarts to question the realities of her own existence. She can't remember therebeing a lock on the door at the top of the basement stairs-and yet, when sheturns the knob, the door won't open. She can't tell the difference between herchildhood memories, which bloom like flowers in the dark basement, and herdreams. Worse still, she can't ignore the very real tapping sound nowcoming-insistently, violently-threatening to break through her bedroom wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the thematic considerations of Mary Shelley and Shirley Jackson's work, and in the style of Herta Mller and Daisy Johnson, \u003ci\u003eTear\u003c\/i\u003e is both a horrifyingly deformed Bildungsroman and a bristling reclamation of female rage. Blurring the real and the imagined, this lyric debut novel unflinchingly engages with contemporary feminist issues and explores the detrimental effects of false narratives, gaslighting, and manipulation on young women.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852887543966,"sku":"ADS-9781778430060","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781778430060.jpg?v=1779064239","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781778430060","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}