{"product_id":"the-high-house-by-jessie-greengrass-9781800750913","title":"The High House","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrancesca is Caro's stepmother, and Pauly's mother. A scientist, she can see what is going to happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe high house was once her holiday home; now looked after by locals Grandy and Sally, she has turned it into an ark, for when the time comes. The mill powers the generator; the orchard is carefully pruned; the greenhouse has all its glass intact. Almost a family, but not quite, they plant, store seed, and watch the weather carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning novel of the extraordinary and the everyday, \u003ci\u003eThe High House\u003c\/i\u003e explores how we get used to change that once seemed unthinkable, how we place the needs of our families against the needs of others ‒ and it asks us who, if we had to, we would save.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessie Greengrass is a master observer of inter-human atmosphere.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe High House\u003c\/i\u003e is about the great crisis of our time but is \u003cb\u003ean unconventional domestic drama performed on an intimate stage\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e— Max Porter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The future imagined in this \u003cb\u003ebrave, important and exquisitely written novel is a frightening one\u003c\/b\u003e. But even the darkest times are lit by moments of beauty and grace, and \u003cb\u003ethe reader is uplifted by Greengrass's conviction that salvation lies not in competing with one another to survive but in uniting to help those we love\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e— Sigrid Nunez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46553822068972,"sku":"9781800750913","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3609223482829.jpg?v=1750080475","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-high-house-by-jessie-greengrass-9781800750913","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}