{"product_id":"9781804995822-childrens-children","title":"Children's Children","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the debut short story collection from the multi-award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Raptures\u003c\/i\u003e, now updated with a new bonus story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jan Carson is a born storyteller' Lisa McInerney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA floating six-year-old tethered to the backyard fence; two siblings watching their parents argue inside a greenhouse; a human statue who’s lost the ability to move; a support group for the haunted: the characters in \u003ci\u003eChildren’s Children\u003c\/i\u003e are all falling apart in their own peculiar ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in Jan Carson’s distinctive voice, her debut short story collection contains absurdist, darkly humorous and heartbreaking stories which explore the concept of legacy, and the impact of one generation upon the next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR JAN CARSON:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'These stories are \u003cb\u003epure magic, funny, sharp, heartbreaking, the short form at its absolute best.\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Carson is a unique and very special writer, one of the greatest of the modern fabulists' DONAL RYAN, author of \u003ci\u003eHeart, Be at Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eStory after story glints with the strange, hard magic of the North\u003c\/b\u003e . I adored them.' LUCY CALDWELL, author of \u003ci\u003eThese Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Jan Carson's stories are by turns\u003cb\u003e hilarious, heartbreaking, heartwarming \u003c\/b\u003e- but always surprising' ERIC NGUYEN, author of \u003ci\u003eThings We Lost to the Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eJan Carson is one of the most original voices I’ve read in years .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eI am truly in awe of this collection'\u003c\/b\u003e TANIA JAMES, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tusk That Did the Damage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What an enormous pleasure it is to read Jan Carson. Each short story is masterful, brilliantly inventive and moving. Every page reveals the mark of \u003cb\u003ean extraordinary original and gifted writer'\u003c\/b\u003e KARL GEARY, author of \u003ci\u003eMontpelier Parade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41683878183009,"sku":"9781804995822","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32164184.jpg?v=1738045815","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804995822-childrens-children","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}