{"product_id":"searoad-by-ursula-k-le-guin-9781399631686","title":"Searoad","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A vision of multiplicity and endless change and continuity' \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Rich, warm, and as easy on the soul as an afternoon on the beach' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSearoad\u003c\/i\u003e is a sandy track that runs between the town of Klatsand and the rugged Oregon coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross this stretch, locals with roots in the town overlap with visitors staying in its run-down motels: a man questions his wife's desire to be a poet; a summering librarian indulges in an affair; a waitress recalls the shooting of her teenage daughter by her own husband. And always, women walk on the long, long beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd as the narrative shifts from the horizontal present to the vertical past, a four-generation chain of mothers and daughters reaches back to Klatsand's beginnings - and forward to its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSearoad\u003c\/i\u003e, trailblazing feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin paints a vivid and powerfully evocative portrait of a small community built over the course of a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47310144700652,"sku":"9781399631686","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ac502d0dbc5b11c3a3e7ad040dab2445.jpg?v=1771209472","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/searoad-by-ursula-k-le-guin-9781399631686","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}