{"product_id":"9780349016436-wayward","title":"Wayward","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 'furious and addictive new novel' (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) about mothers and daughters, and one woman's midlife reckoning as she flees her suburban life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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'\u003ci\u003eWayward\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a burning fever dream. 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'***** If there's any justice in the world, Spiotta's firecracker of a novel, \u003ci\u003eWayward\u003c\/i\u003e, will bring her the attention she very much deserves' Lucy Scholes, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamantha Raymond's life has begun to come apart: her mother is ill, her teenage daughter is increasingly remote, and she finds herself staring into 'the Mids' - hours of supreme wakefulness when women of a certain age contemplate their lives. For Sam, this means motherhood, mortality and the state of an unravelling nation. \u003cbr\u003eWhen Sam falls in love with a decrepit Arts and Crafts house on the wrong side of town, she buys it on a whim and flees her suburban life, attempting to find beauty in the ruins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'One of the most wildly talented writers in America. This is Spiotta's best book yet' GEORGE SAUNDERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'A slyly funny, clever and compelling story about the righteous (and rarely irrational) rage of women of a certain age' SARRA MANNING, \u003ci\u003eRED magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A piercing novel about what we lose and gain by when we step out of life's deepest worn grooves' \u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She writes with sly humour and utter seriousness; a rare articulation of midlife now' CLAIRE MESSUD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40138813407329,"sku":"9780349016436","price":7.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29591002.jpg?v=1725608694","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349016436-wayward","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}