{"product_id":"9780571399888","title":"Gaining Ground : 'A wildly original novel' (Sarah Hall)","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Barfoot, Joan \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 30\/07\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 208 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571399888,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I've never read a book so authentically frightening . . .  Beneath the radical disquiet is a beautiful hymn to the undeniable hearts and minds of women.' Sarah Hall'I absolutely loved it: so thought-provoking and complex, but also full of moments of beauty and peace. Abra's dilemma electrified me. An extraordinary novel.' Katherine May'A joyful and generative novel about running away to make a new home for a new self.' Sarah MossI swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbra has a perfect-seeming life as a wife and mother: until one day, she walks away, leaving only a note asking her family not to look for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a woodland cabin, her new life alone begins. There are no mirrors, no clocks, no memories: just the squirrels breathing in the forest, and silence of vegetables growing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, a young woman arrives, and the past-flashes begin. Daughter? A strange word. Is this her? And what will this mean?Rediscovered after almost half a century, Joan Barfoot's Gaining Ground (1978) is a both a radical meditation on living on your own terms and an exquisite work of art. It calls to anybody who has ever wanted to escape - who has asked what it costs to be wild, to be sane, to be free.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57218675638645,"sku":"9780571399888","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780571399888.jpg?v=1779437190","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780571399888","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}