{"product_id":"ducks-newburyport","title":"Ducks, Newburyport","description":"Author: Ellmann, Lucy\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922268938\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Text Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 1040\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 207mm x 136mm x 55mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003eAn utterly original novel, longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize in which one woman navigates, through compelling inner monologue, the tension and disquiet of contemporary America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Ohio mother bakes pies while the world bombards her with radioactivity and fake facts. She worries about her children, caramelisation, chickens, guns, tardigrades, medical bills, environmental disaster, mystifying confrontations at the supermarket, and the best time to plant nasturtiums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe regrets most of her past, a million tiny embarrassments, her poverty, the loss of her mother, and the genocide on which the United States was founded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in Lucy Ellmann's scorching indictment of American barbarity comes a plea for kindness.\u003ci\u003e Ducks, Newburyport\u003c\/i\u003e is a heresy, a wonder, and a revolution in the novel. It is also unforgivably funny.","brand":"Ships in 4 to 7 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41699363029150,"sku":"UBD-9781922268938","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9781922268938.jpg?v=1653299663","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/ducks-newburyport","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}