{"product_id":"rural-dreams-margaret-hickey-9781761351099","title":"Rural Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning crime writer Margaret Hickey comes a collection of captivating short stories celebrating the Australian countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMargaret Hickey's Rural Dreams takes a look at life outside the big smoke, introducing the kinds of characters you might expect in the country - as well as some you might not.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eA football coach ponders obsession . . . a mouse plague dictates schoolyard politics . . . a failed playwright asks 'who gets the farm?'  . . . and a young woman returns to her fire-ravaged town.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003ePeople we know. People we grew up with. Some of them might even be us . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, heartbreaking and true, Rural Dreams highlights the richness of life on the land and showcases the beauty of lives lived outside city walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Each story brings a richness of character and experience, unexpected and utterly authentic.' Marian Matta, author of Life, Bound\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Stories that are lively, entertaining and authentic.' Martin Flanagan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'There's a beauty in these stories that feels reminiscent of fairy tales - not all with happy endings - but all leaving you feeling like you've understood something of what it is to be human.' Westerly Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'It's a cliche to say that there's something for everyone in this book but there just is.' Books+Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margaret Hickey","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48890939015411,"sku":"8880002949116","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781761351099.jpg?v=1777492953","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/rural-dreams-margaret-hickey-9781761351099","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}