{"product_id":"life-bound-by-marian-matta-9781925227710","title":"Life, Bound","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree agents or captives of our past? In \u003ci\u003eLife, Bound\u003c\/i\u003e, characters find themselves caught in situations not of their own making, or trapped by ingrained habits, walking in grooves carved out by past events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn artist's progress is pleasingly channelled into a pattern laid down a century earlier. A solitary man's story is almost preordained, but is indecipherable to researchers looking back some sixty years later. Karma mops up in the wake of a mousy clerk. A local legend falls foul of the town gossip. Spouses are constrained or liberated by love. Sexuality, gender, resentments, attachments and perversities all play a part.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet the grip of the past needn't always hold firm. Many protagonists are offered a potentially life-changing moment; whether or not they grasp it is up to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarian Matta's superb stories are both uplifting and heart wrenching.\u003c\/b\u003e — Joanna Atherfold Finn, author of \u003ci\u003eWatermark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarm and witty stories. Marian Matta reveals her characters with razor-sharp clarity.\u003c\/b\u003e — Lynette Washington, author of \u003ci\u003ePlane Tree Drive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46712193057004,"sku":"9781925227710","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12602433482873.jpg?v=1754283550","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/life-bound-by-marian-matta-9781925227710","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}