{"product_id":"blanket-by-kara-thompson-9781628922653","title":"Blanket","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are born into blankets. They keep us alive and they cover us in death. We pull and tug on blankets to see us through the night or an illness. They shield us in mourning and witness our most intimate pleasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCurious, fearless, vulnerable, and critical, \u003cem\u003eBlanket\u003c\/em\u003e interweaves cultural critique with memoir to cast new light on a ubiquitous object. Kara Thompson reveals blankets everywhere—film, art, geology, disasters, battlefields, resistance, home—and transforms an ordinary thing into a vibrant and vital carrier of stories and secrets, an object of inheritance and belonging, a companion to uncover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430169657580,"sku":"9781628922653","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781628922653.jpg?v=1774559614","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/blanket-by-kara-thompson-9781628922653","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}