{"product_id":"gaining-ground-joan-barfoot","title":"Gaining Ground (Joan Barfoot)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*'A LITERARY SENSATION: THE MUST-READ OF THE SUMMER' (\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e)*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thrillingly original . . . A landmark' \u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Absolutely stunning' \u003cb\u003eMax Porter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A joyful and generative novel about running away to make a new home for a new self' \u003cb\u003eSarah Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'An intricately, perfectly mapped journey into self-liberation . . . It will stay with me for the rest of my days' \u003cb\u003eSamantha Harvey \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wildly original . . . Beneath the radical disquiet is a beautiful hymn to the hearts and minds of women'\u003cb\u003e Sarah Hall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbra has a perfect-seeming life as a wife and mother: until one day, she walks away, leaving only a note asking her family not to look for her.\u003cbr\u003eIn a woodland cabin, her new life alone begins. There are no mirrors, no clocks, no memories: just the squirrels breathing in the forest, and silence of vegetables growing.\u003cbr\u003eYears later, a young woman arrives, and the past-flashes begin. Daughter? A strange word. Is this her? And what will this mean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoan Barfoot's \u003ci\u003eGaining Ground\u003c\/i\u003e is a both a provocative meditation on living on your own terms and an exquisite work of art. It calls to anybody who has ever wanted to escape - who has asked what it costs to be wild, to be sane, to be free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo damn extraordinary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book meant everything to me.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt quietly changed the path of my life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn instant all-time favorite.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI loved reading this book . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e A story of impossible bravery, survival and reconciliation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful story about a woman who puts her own happiness in life above her maternal duties.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most influential novels I have ever read.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWonderful. So much food for thought. I never re-read books, but this is one of the first I'll make an exception for.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterpiece.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoan Barfoot\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1946) is the author of eleven novels. Her books, which reviewers have celebrated as 'harrowing and hilarious' and 'gloriously subversive', have been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. A recipient of the Marian Engel Award, she has also been a journalist during much of her career. She lives in London, Ontario, Canada.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65914524270941,"sku":"K010778279","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1077827900001A.jpg?v=1789359564","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/gaining-ground-joan-barfoot","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}