{"product_id":"arlington-parkbooks","title":"Arlington Park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London) Top 100 Novel of the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“No one has written better about what, I suppose, is generally known as female experience . . . All of it is familiar from life but not (thus far) from literature. Everything about \u003ci\u003eArlington\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePark\u003c\/i\u003e is original and fearless.” —Francine Prose, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet over the course of one rainy day in an ordinary English suburb, \u003ci\u003eArlington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Park\u003c\/i\u003e is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence: Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in family life; Amanda, warding off thoughts of death with obsessive housework; Solly, about to give birth to her fourth child; Maisie, struggling to accept provincial life; and Christine, the optimist and host of a dinner party where the neighbors come together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenetrating and empathetic, Rachel Cusk's \u003ci\u003eArlington Park\u003c\/i\u003e is “a domestic adventure about the perils of modern privilege that is as smartly satirical as it is warmly wise” (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cusk, Rachel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44043450843360,"sku":"","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1312370a-5d48-41b4-9955-68a491690ee4.jpg?v=1686067956","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/arlington-parkbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}