{"product_id":"gaining-ground-by-joan-barfoot","title":"Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Faber \u0026amp; Faber:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\"Need to Read\" Novel of the Summer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It will stay with me for the rest of my days. A life-changing book\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Samantha Harvey, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrbital\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnearthed after half a century, this radical portrait of a woman who leaves her family to live alone in a woodland cabin will pierce the heart of anybody who has ever wanted to escape.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbra is a wife and mother living a suburban dream--until one day, she walks away. In a woodland cabin, her new life alone begins. There are no mirrors, no clocks, no memories: just the squirrels breathing in the forest, and the silence of vegetables growing. Years later, a young woman arrives, and the past-flashes begin. Daughter? A strange word. Is this her? And what will this mean?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaining Ground\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein North America, 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":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53636509597989,"sku":"9780571399888","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780571399888.gif?v=1787261582","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/gaining-ground-by-joan-barfoot","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}