{"product_id":"9781529053586-objects-of-desire","title":"Objects of Desire","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEleven stories of sly and disarming power, about womanhood and families – an astonishing debut by a young \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e editor and bold new literary voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sestanovich’s elegant prose takes seriously the quiet unrest that can ravage a life' - Raven Leilani, author of \u003ci\u003eLuster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Summer in \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA university student is flying home to visit her family when she strikes up an odd, ephemeral friendship with the couple next to her on the plane. A mother prepares for her son's wedding, her own life unravelling as his comes together. A long-lost stepbrother's visit prompts a family's reckoning with its old taboos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these eleven powerful stories, thrilling desire and melancholic yearning animate women’s lives – from the brink of adulthood, to the labyrinthine path between twenty and thirty, to middle age, when certain possibilities quietly lapse. Tender, lucid and piercingly funny, \u003ci\u003eObjects of Desire \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection pulsing with subtle drama, rich with unforgettable scenes, and alive with moments of recognition, each more startling than the last - a spellbinding debut that announces a major talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A debut story collection of the rarest kind . you wish that every single entry could be an entire novel.' — \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClare Sestanovich named one of The National Book Foundation's '5 under 35'.\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":56449774256502,"sku":"9781529053586","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28101831.jpg?v=1760446679","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529053586-objects-of-desire","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}