{"product_id":"between-a-wolf-and-a-dog","title":"Between a Wolf and a Dog","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBetween a Wolf and a Dog\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGeorgia Blain\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781925321111\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eScribe US\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eUS edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2017 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e WINNER OF THE 2016 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FICTION BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 STELLA PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning, award-winning novel about the complexities of family relationships, and ultimately, what it means to be alive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside, the rain continues unceasing; silver sheets sluicing down, the trees and shrubs soaking and bedraggled, the earth sodden, puddles overflowing, torrents coursing onwards, as the darkness slowly softens with the dawn. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEster is a family therapist with an appointment book that catalogues the anxieties of the middle class: loneliness, relationships, death. She spends her days helping others find happiness, but her own family relationships are tense and frayed. Estranged from both her sister, April, and her ex-husband, Lawrence, Ester wants to fall in love again. Meanwhile, April is struggling through her own directionless life; Lawrence's reckless past decisions are catching up with him; and Ester and April's mother, Hilary, is about to make a choice that will profoundly affect them all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking place largely over one rainy day in Sydney, and rendered with the evocative and powerful prose Blain is known for, \u003ci\u003eBetween a Wolf and a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the best in all of us--our capacity to live in the face of ordinary sorrows, and to draw strength from the transformative power of art. Ultimately, it is a joyous tribute to the beauty of being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR GEORGIA BLAIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[An] elegant, intelligent and affecting novel from a writer at the height of her powers.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Like all her novels, \u003ci\u003eBetween a Wolf and a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e explores the often unarticulated complexities of the intersection of the personal and the political with exquisite grace and intelligence.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Scribe US","offers":[{"title":"Between a Wolf and a Dog | Georgia Blain | Quality | 9781925321111 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1390501","offer_id":48753903239320,"sku":"1390501","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/417U9xtuwPL.jpg?v=1774066978","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/between-a-wolf-and-a-dog","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}