{"product_id":"9781529114485-defenestrate","title":"Defenestrate","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 'hypnotic.addictive' (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel narrated by a young woman meditating on the malleable, breakable bonds keeping her family from falling apart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's a superstition in our family about falling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarta's great-great-grandfather Jirí was said to have given a gentle push to the back of a stonemason for having wronged him. The stonemason fell to his death and the family fled Prague for the American Midwest, where they set up a new life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins the story of Marta and her brother Nick, deeply interwoven twins haunted by the mysterious curse that has plagued their family for centuries - one that has doomed them to suffer various types of falls. When Nick tumbles out of a window and ends up seriously injured, Marta must embark on a heartbreaking quest to discover whether or not his fall was intentional, and to stop her family from falling apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful.with an idiosyncratic humour that reminded me of Ottessa Moshfegh' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Original and engaging' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lights up the imagination' Dina Nayeri\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":40698242891873,"sku":"9781529114485","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32163317.jpg?v=1737017475","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529114485-defenestrate","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}