{"product_id":"the-summer-without-men-by-siri-hustvedt-9781444720259","title":"The Summer Without Men","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eWHAT I LOVED\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'An astoundingly joyful read . . . a book that shines with intellectual curiosity and emotional integrity' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eBy turns funny, moving and erudite, playfully reminding us of a contemporary Jane Austen' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Mia Fredricksen's husband of thirty years asks for a pause—so he can indulge his infatuation with a young French colleague—she cracks up (briefly), rages (deeply), then decamps to her prairie childhood home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere, gradually, she is drawn into the lives of those around her: her mother's circle of feisty widows; the young woman next door; and the diabolical teenage girls in her poetry class. By the end of the summer without men, Mia knows what's worth fighting for—and on whose terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProvocative, mordant, and fiercely intelligent, this is a gloriously vivacious tragi-comedy about women and girls, love and marriage, and the age-old war between the sexes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eA rich and intelligent meditation on female identity, written in beguiling lyrical prose . . . heady and intoxicating' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom' \u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of our finest novelists' \u003cb\u003eOliver Sacks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933343760620,"sku":"9781444720259","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781444720259-the-summer-without-men.jpg?v=1783867693","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-summer-without-men-by-siri-hustvedt-9781444720259","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}