{"product_id":"objects-of-desire-by-clare-sestanovich-9781529053586","title":"Objects of Desire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSestanovich's elegant prose takes seriously the quiet unrest that can ravage a life\u003c\/em\u003e - Raven Leilani, author of \u003cem\u003eLuster\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Best Book of the Summer in The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Esquire and Refinery29\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA university student is flying home to visit her family when she strikes up an odd, ephemeral friendship with the couple next to her on the plane. A mother prepares for her son's wedding, her own life unravelling as his comes together. A long-lost stepbrother's visit prompts a family's reckoning with its old taboos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these eleven powerful stories, thrilling desire and melancholic yearning animate women's lives - from the brink of adulthood, to the labyrinthine path between twenty and thirty, to middle age, when certain possibilities quietly lapse. Tender, lucid and piercingly funny, \u003cem\u003eObjects of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection pulsing with subtle drama, rich with unforgettable scenes, and alive with moments of recognition, each more startling than the last - a spellbinding debut that announces a major talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA debut story collection of the rarest kind . . . you wish that every single entry could be an entire novel.\u003c\/em\u003e - Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClare Sestanovich named one of The National Book Foundation's '5 under 35'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243427213548,"sku":"9781529053586","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529053586-objects-of-desire-1.jpg?v=1787985163","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/objects-of-desire-by-clare-sestanovich-9781529053586","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}