{"product_id":"lack-by-cecilia-knapp-9780008827892","title":"Lack","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCecilia Knapp beautifully captures the experience of contemporary womanhood in this lyrical and insightful novel. A genuine triumph\u003c\/strong\u003e — ELIZA CLARK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoignant to the bone. \u003cem\u003eLack\u003c\/em\u003e is both masterfully, poetically complex and beautifully easy to read\u003c\/strong\u003e — GEMMA CAIRNEY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the quiet, lonely hours of the middle of the night, a woman scrolls social media on her phone. Babies are everywhere. All her friends seem to have one. But she is full of doubt – just the creep sniffing at the window. How can she consider the enormity of new life when the world outside is burning?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBesides, there’s something wrong in her body. She can feel it: pain, a constant dull ache she is too frightened to investigate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then there’s something darker, pulsing beneath the surface, threatening to catch up with her. Hers is a life deeply affected by grief and chaos; the death of her mother, a long-buried sexual assault, and a drawn-out affair with a married actor of middling fame and maximum ego – full of glamour, hedonism, obsession and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it possible to rebuild, when all you feel is lack?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e––-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning poet and an equally gorgeous storyteller. I love everything Cecilia Knapp writes\u003c\/strong\u003e — HOLLIE MCNISH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCecilia Knapp is a great writer. I love her\u003c\/strong\u003e — KAE TEMPEST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI really love Cecilia’s writing. It's sharp. Cuts to the quick. And offers my favourite thing, a real insight into the minds of women and all the things we don't often get to say out loud\u003c\/strong\u003e — SALMA EL-WARDANY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47618948759788,"sku":"9780008827892","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780008827892-lack.jpg?v=1778558066","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lack-by-cecilia-knapp-9780008827892","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}