{"product_id":"9781837263028-swallows","title":"Swallows","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVibrating with the injustices of class and gender, tradition and power, \u003ci\u003eSwallows \u003c\/i\u003eis an acerbic, witty vision of contemporary Japan by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatsuo Kirino, acclaimed author of the smash hit \u003ci\u003eOut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-nine-year-old Riki is sick of her dead-end job, of struggling to get by ever since she moved to Tokyo from the country. So when someone offers her the chance to become a surrogate in return for a life-changing amount of money, it's hard to turn down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRetired ballet star Motoi and his wife, Yuko, have spent years trying to conceive. As Motoi grows increasingly desperate for a child, their last resort is surrogacy; a business transaction, plain and simple. But as they try to exert ever more control over Riki, their contract with her starts to slip through their fingers .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVibrating with the injustices of class and gender, tradition and power, \u003ci\u003eSwallows \u003c\/i\u003eis an acerbic vision of contemporary Japan, and of a young woman's fight to preserve her dignity - at any cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57731684204918,"sku":"9781837263028","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41104257.jpg?v=1777539798","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781837263028-swallows","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}