{"product_id":"stray-stephanie-danler-9781398527782","title":"Stray","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller Sweetbitter, a memoir of survival, starting over, and love in all its complicated guises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Even after achieving her dream of selling her debut novel, Stephanie Danler feels adrift in New York. Struggling in the throes of a doomed relationship and haunted by her tumultuous childhood, something nameless compels her to return home to Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In a cottage in Laurel Canyon, as a new life begins to shape itself, she finally succumbs to memories of the past that have proved impossible to escape. A father who swung in and out of her life erratically, charming and mercurial and prone to addiction. A mother now disabled by years of alcoholism and an aneurysm, who cannot remember the abuse she inflicted. The looming, desolate mountains of Colorado, and a teenage freedom that nearly killed her. And above all, the painful love and forgiveness for those who failed her over and over again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'It's such a thrill to watch a writer open up her greediest thoughts, to slice open little pockets of her skin and root around underneath her flesh.' New York Times Book Review  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A compulsive, neck-breaking masterpiece.' Lisa Taddeo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'This is a story of triumph: the triumph of grit, talent, grace, and beauty over the dark pull of inner demons.' Dani Shapiro\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephanie Danler","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43806902157555,"sku":"9781398527782","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/4g5LQGKKZz67O10TDtEKgWDnu1SnBQgRRimhFcZRzl6MxQ.jpg?v=1686894853","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/stray-stephanie-danler-9781398527782","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}