{"product_id":"blue-in-chicago-by-bette-howland-9781529035827","title":"Blue in Chicago","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe work of a woman who has invested her life in her art, and who will, I think, be remembered as one of the significant writers of her generation.\u003c\/em\u003e - Saul Bellow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue in Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e collects together the sharp, bittersweet stories of Bette Howland and restores to our bookshelves an extraordinarily gifted writer, who was recognised as a major talent before all but disappearing from public view for decades, until nearly the end of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBette Howland was an outsider: an intellectual from a working-class neighbourhood in Chicago; a divorcée and single mother, to the disapproval of her family; an artist chipped away at by poverty and perfection. Each of these sides of her life plays a shaping role in her work. Mining her most precarious struggles for her art in each of these stories, she chronicles the fears and hopes of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue in Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e, and other stories introduces UK readers to a wry, brilliant observer and a writer of great empathy and sly, joyous humour. Published in the US under the title \u003cem\u003eCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf there's a Howland bandwagon (and there should be), hold me a seat, or I'll stand. No problem, I'll stand.\u003c\/em\u003e - Paris Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240827105516,"sku":"9781529035827","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529035827-blue-in-chicago-1.jpg?v=1787927223","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/blue-in-chicago-by-bette-howland-9781529035827","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}