{"product_id":"9780349020914","title":"Owls Do Cry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Janet Frame was a unique and troubled soul whose luminous words are the more precious' HILARY MANTEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Her dark, eloquent song captured my heart' JANE CAMPION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'All my preoccupations as a writer - my notions of home, beauty, madness of sorts and longing - come from her' MEG MASON\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is nothing in the world the matter with me, except that I have been bathed in a trough and dipped under a waterfall and the pine-needles picked from my scars. . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of the Withers family: Francie, soon to leave school to start work at the woollen mills; Toby, whose days are marred by the velvet cloak of epilepsy; Chicks, the baby of the family; and Daphne, whose rich poetic way of seeing the world leads to a heartbreaking life in institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dazzling, fierce cry of darkness and joy, Janet Frame's debut novel is a poetic masterpiece and a timeless classic of New Zealand literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCED BY MARGARET DRABBLE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The first great New Zealand novel and a modernist masterpiece . . . the book's immense power to unnerve, astonish and impress endures' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frame, Janet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54086526730577,"sku":"9780349020914","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/6478\/4209\/files\/9780349020914.jpg?v=1781701442","url":"https:\/\/thecommonpress.shop\/products\/9780349020914","provider":"The Common Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}