{"product_id":"housebreaking-colleen-hubbard-9781472157515","title":"Housebreaking","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An unforgettable portrait of a young woman at war with the world and herself. Protagonist Del can be hard to like, but she remains easy to love. This is a brilliant and exciting debut' - Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Darkly funny and brimming with pathos . . . For fans of Elizabeth Strout, Ottessa Moshfegh . . . This is a humorous and life-affirming trip through the fraught, weird heart of America, exploring the granular details that make and break a life' - Sharlene Teo, award-winning author of Ponti \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing a long-standing feud and looking to settle the score, a woman decides to dismantle her home - alone and by hand - and move it across a frozen pond during a harsh New England winter in this mesmerizing debut. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHome is certainly not where Del's heart is. After a local scandal led to her parents' divorce and the rest of her family turned their backs on her, Del left her small town and cut off contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, with both of her parents gone, a chance has arrived for Del to retaliate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer uncle wants the one thing Del inherited: the family home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of handing the place over, and with no other resources at her disposal, Del decides she will tear the place apart herself - piece by piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Del will soon discover, the task stirs up more than just old memories as relatives-each in their own state of unravelling - come knocking on her door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis spare, strange, magical book is a story not only about the powerlessness and hurt that run through a family but also about the moments when brokenness can offer us the rare chance to start again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colleen Hubbard","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":43173959270643,"sku":"8880002907451","price":13.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781472157515.jpg?v=1662061749","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/housebreaking-colleen-hubbard-9781472157515","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}