{"product_id":"total","title":"Total, Rebecca Miller","description":"\u003cp\u003eArresting and darkly prescient – stories which deftly navigate the fault lines of relationships from the bestselling author of The Private Lives of Pippa Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA middle-aged novelist devoid of inspiration alights on material in the form of an obsessive pet-shop worker from Cincinnati. A pregnant mother of two finds herself increasingly in thrall to her help, Nat. For Joad, the discovery of a haunting type-written document in an old desk in need of restoration is overwhelming. And when Roxanne rescues her sister from an institution, she comes to realise how vulnerable they both are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the seven stories in Total is a full world, painted with vivid strokes. From the comforting mundanities of motherhood to a technologically infected near future that mirrors our present with dark prescience, each life captured in this collection is unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeftly navigating the fault lines of relationships – new, established or remembered – Total is a powerful collection of brilliantly imaginative stories, and eloquent proof of Rebecca Miller’s writing prowess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdvance Praise\u003cbr\u003e‘Miller is a luminous writer‘\u003cbr\u003eOLIVIA LAING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Miller is an excellent novelist’\u003cbr\u003eKATE ATKINSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A talented and highly visual writer’\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Miller's writing is vigorous, powerful, riveting’\u003cbr\u003eSADIE JONES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘[Miller possesses] the soaring eye of the epicist and the sly instinct of the satirist’\u003cbr\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"gentle books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44520653455497,"sku":"9781838857257","price":50.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/9289\/1785\/files\/9781838857257.jpg?v=1755325696","url":"https:\/\/thisisgentle.com\/products\/total","provider":"gentle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}