{"product_id":"cat-brushing-a-dazzling-short-story-collection-about-thirteen-older-women","title":"Cat Brushing : a dazzling short story collection about thirteen older women","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Campbell, Jane \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 22\/06\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529421699,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE'Sensual, spiky, tender and utterly original' Pandora Sykes'A fierce and fascinating debut' Lily KingI was told of an older woman who was asked by her granddaughter, 'Granny, when was the happiest time of your life?''I don't know,' she replied, 'I may not have had it yet.'The stories found in this collection explore the worlds of thirteen older women, reframing their intellectual and emotional lives in intimate vignettes that will shock and comfort in equal measure. In elegant prose Jane Campbell ignites the voices of women who are fighting to live on their own terms, energised by the stuff of human living: a need for companionship, attachments to love-objects, freedoms, integrity and sense of self. Cat Brushing confronts the tragic misconceptions of ageing showing older women to be nothing less than courageous, fearless and defiant in the face of overwhelming odds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43101216112684,"sku":"9781529421699","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529421699.jpg?v=1713006088","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/cat-brushing-a-dazzling-short-story-collection-about-thirteen-older-women","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}