{"product_id":"gaining-ground","title":"Gaining Ground","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGaining Ground\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJoan Barfoot\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780571399888\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e208\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \"Need to Read\" Novel of the Summer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It will stay with me for the rest of my days. A life-changing book\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Samantha Harvey, author of \u003cem\u003eOrbital\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaining Ground\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published as \u003cem\u003eAbra\u003c\/em\u003e in 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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Gaining Ground | Joan Barfoot | Paperback | 9780571399888 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks R 1781595","offer_id":50768111894786,"sku":"1781595","price":25.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71TuBSQRWAL.jpg?v=1792102912","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/gaining-ground","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}