{"product_id":"the-end-of-the-world-is-a-cul-de-sac-stories","title":"The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBrilliant, dark stories of women's lives by \"a very major talent\" (Joseph O\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eConnor, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTrespasses\u003c\/i\u003e, women's lives are etched by poverty--material, emotional, sexual--but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they've been dealt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate, with blood on her hands. An expectant mother's worst fears about her husband's entanglement with a teenage girl are confirmed. A sister is tormented by visions of the man her brother murdered during the Troubles. A woman struggles to forgive herself after an abortion threatens to destroy her marriage. Plumbing the depths of intimacy, violence, and redemption, these stories are \"dazzling, heartbreaking . . . keen to share the lessons of a lifetime\" (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53562201244014,"sku":"9780593540930","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_5f902f24-88bd-48c6-8fc0-eacbbf22c75e.jpg?v=1774754899","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/the-end-of-the-world-is-a-cul-de-sac-stories","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}