{"product_id":"wayward","title":"Wayward","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*'Furious and addictive' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*'Urgent, deeply moving, wholly original' GEORGE SAUNDERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*'A dazzling lightning bolt of a novel' JENNY OFFILL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*'Fiercely funny and deliciously subversive' YIYUN LI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Selected as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Publishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Chosen as a best book of the year by Joshua Ferris in the\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as it seems she has it all, Samantha Raymond's life begins to come apart: Trump has been elected, her mother is ill and her teenage daughter is increasingly remote. At fifty-two she finds herself staring into 'the Mids' - night-time hours of supreme wakefulness where women of a certain age contemplate their lives. For Sam, this means motherhood, mortality, and the state of an unravelling nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Sam falls in love with a beautiful, decrepit house on the wrong side of town, she buys it on a whim and flees her suburban life - and her family - in an attempt to find beauty in the ruins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'Exhilarating. . . A virtuosic, singular and very funny portrait of a woman seeking sanity and purpose in a world gone mad' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What begins as a vertiginous leap into hilarious rabbit holes ends as a brilliant meditation on mortality and time. How does she do it? Only Dana Spiotta knows. I'm just happy to see her work her magic' Jenny Offill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 288 pages | Published January 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63997135225181,"sku":"9780349016412","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780349016412.jpg?v=1774584417","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/wayward","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}