{"product_id":"9781786074553","title":"The Woman at 1,000 Degrees","description":"Author: Helgason, Hallgrimur\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781786074553\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 04 Feb 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 464\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI live here alone in a garage, together with a laptop and an old hand grenade. It  's pretty cosy.  '\u003cbr\u003eAnd...she  's off. Eighty-year-old Herra Bjurnsson lies alone in her garage waiting to die. One of the most original narrators in literary history, she takes readers with her on a dazzling ride of a novel as she reflects     in a voice by turns darkly funny, bawdy, poignant, and always, always smart     on the mishaps, tragedies and turns of luck that shaped her life.\u003cbr\u003eBorn into a prominent political family, Herra  's idyllic childhood in the islands of western Iceland was brought to an abrupt end when her father foolishly cast his lot with a Hitler on the rise. Separated from her mother, and with her father away at war, she finds herself abandoned and alone in war-torn Germany, relying on her wits and occasional good fortune to survive. Now, with death approaching, forced to hack into her sons  ' emails to have any contact with them at all, Herra decides to take control of her destiny and sets a date for her own cremation     at a temperature of 1,000 degrees.\u003cbr\u003eIn this international bestseller, Hallgramur Helgason invites readers on a journey that is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking, and which ultimately tells the deeply moving story of a woman swept up by the forces of history.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47509024735390,"sku":"UBD-9781786074553","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781786074553.jpg?v=1780639810","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781786074553","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}