{"product_id":"the-cut-line-by-carolina-pihelgas-9781642861617","title":"The Cut Line","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Endowment of Estonia 2020, Poetry Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTartu City Writer Laureate, 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAugust Sang Poetry 2020, Translation Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the dog days of an Estonian summer, Liine flees to the countryside to put a conclusive end to her toxic 14-year relationship.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe undergoes every stage of separation in a lone farmstead amid forests. Physical labour and gardening help her withstand her ex-partner's threats, the incredulity of friends and family, and her own anguish. Dread is pervasive in this novel. Set in the near future, it is filled with vivid depictions of the threat of climate change. All around Liine, nature is facing acute drought and heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo less menacing is the presence of an expanding NATO base close to the cottage at the Russian border. The world's largest military alliance is practising for an attack. Explosions and shots ring in the distance while Liine tries to recover from fourteen years of violence. Yet she simply follows the rhythm of nature as summer unfolds. While her environment changes around her, Liine—always in the garden chopping wood, weeding, sowing—undergoes profound transformations, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cut Line\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of fear, self-blame, grief, numbness, and anger ultimately giving way to hope and healing, joy and lightness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47773160702188,"sku":"9781642861617","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781642861617-the-cut-line.jpg?v=1782183617","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-cut-line-by-carolina-pihelgas-9781642861617","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}