{"product_id":"9781474616997-performance","title":"The Performance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe breakout literary sensation of 2021 from the prize-winning author of FUGITIVE BLUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Quietly transformational'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tour de force. I can't recommend this too highly'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Gale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Innovative. an original, at-a-sitting read'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A potent meditation on the intensity of women's lives'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Wood, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A miracle. Engaging and evocative'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eI loved and admired \u003ci\u003eThe Performance. \u003c\/i\u003eUnmissable'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Stonex, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lamplighters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lively and intimate. The way Thomas plays with the reader is a sort of genius'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thomas writes these women with such wisdom and compassion, that by the end we are all transformed'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Fuller, author of \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe false cold of the theatre makes it hard to imagine the heavy wind outside in the real world, the ash air pressing onto the city from the nearby hills where bushfires are taking hold.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe house lights lower.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe auditorium feels hopeful in the darkness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs bushfires rage outside the city, three women watch a performance of a Beckett play.\u003cbr\u003eMargot is a successful professor, preoccupied by her fraught relationship with her ailing husband. Ivy is a philanthropist with a troubled past, distracted by the snoring man beside her. Summer is a young theatre usher, anxious about the safety of her girlfriend in the fire zone.\u003cbr\u003eAs the performance unfolds, so does each woman's story. By the time the curtain falls, they will all have a new understanding of the world beyond the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55144741798262,"sku":"9781474616997","price":6.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32499402.jpg?v=1737629910","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781474616997-performance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}