{"product_id":"arlington-park","title":"Arlington Park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London) Top 100 Novel of the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No one has written better about what, I suppose, is generally known as female experience . . . All of it is familiar from life but not (thus far) from literature. Everything about \u003ci\u003eArlington\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePark\u003c\/i\u003e is original and fearless.\" --Francine Prose, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet over the course of one rainy day in an ordinary English suburb, \u003ci\u003eArlington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Park\u003c\/i\u003e is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence: Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in family life; Amanda, warding off thoughts of death with obsessive housework; Solly, about to give birth to her fourth child; Maisie, struggling to accept provincial life; and Christine, the optimist and host of a dinner party where the neighbors come together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenetrating and empathetic, Rachel Cusk's \u003ci\u003eArlington Park\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a domestic adventure about the perils of modern privilege that is as smartly satirical as it is warmly wise\" (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53559207428462,"sku":"9781250828187","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_50dc2047-14e9-448b-9289-9c71cd1a405b.jpg?v=1774634808","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/arlington-park","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}