{"product_id":"accidents-in-the-home-paperback","title":"Accidents in the Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTessa Hadley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful literary debut chronicling a year in the life of one thoroughly modern family\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClare Verey, a twenty-nine-year-old mother of three, bakes her own bread and grinds her own spices. She has a comfortable home in the suburbs and a devoted husband. Why is it, then, that when her best friend's lover appears in her life he has the power to invert her world? Why is the desire for more never satisfied? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eAccidents in the Home\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel that exposes the emotional underbelly of a modern-day family. Clare's narrative is deftly intertwined with the stories of her extended family: her mother, Marian, the clever daughter of a Dostoevsky scholar whose husband leaves her for a beautiful young art student; Clare's half brother, Toby, a dreamy boy who prefers to view life through the lens of a camera; her troubled younger half sister, Tamsin, who develops an apparatus of taboos and rituals to restore order to her chaotic past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the world Tessa Hadley has created, family is no longer a steady foundation but a complex web of marriages, divorces, half siblings, and stepchildren that expands with every new connection and betrayal.\u003ci\u003e Accidents in the Home\u003c\/i\u003e offers a startling, intimate portrait of family life in our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTESSA HADLEY\u003c\/b\u003e teaches literature and creative writing at Bath Spa University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSunstroke and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEverything Will Be All Right\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAccidents in the Home\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSunstroke and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003ewas a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of 2007, and \u003ci\u003eAccidents in the Home \u003c\/i\u003ewas long-listed for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's First Book Award. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Cardiff, Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.52 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762464063776,"sku":"9780312421021","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6a3cf6be4aca8bbbf45de89ed98bfc74_433c86fb-765f-4139-8563-4af1f665ecc2.webp?v=1780221720","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/accidents-in-the-home-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}