{"product_id":"man-who-loved-children-by-christina-stead-9780522855548","title":"Man Who Loved Children","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Loved Children\u003c\/em\u003e is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington during the 1930s, Sam and Henny Pollit are a warring husband and wife. Their tempestuous marriage, aggravated by too little money, lies at the centre of Stead's satirical and brilliantly observed novel about the relations between husbands and wives, and parents and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSam, a scientist, uses words as weapons of attack and control on his children and is prone to illusions of power and influence that fail to extend beyond his family. His wife Henny, who hails from a wealthy Baltimore family, is disastrously impractical and enmeshed in her own fantasies of romance and vengeance. Much of the care of their six children is left to Louisa, Sam's 14-year-old daughter from his first marriage. Within this psychological battleground, Louisa must attempt to make a life of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1940, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Loved Children\u003c\/em\u003e was hailed for its satiric energy. Now its originality is again lauded by novelist Jonathan Franzen in his illuminating new introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531957588204,"sku":"9780522855548","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3690023482374.jpg?v=1749295976","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/man-who-loved-children-by-christina-stead-9780522855548","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}