{"product_id":"cloudstreet-paperback","title":"Cloudstreet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Winton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning author Tim Winton comes an epic novel that regularly tops the list of best-loved novels in Australia. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter two separate catastrophes, two very different families leave the country for the bright lights of Perth. The Lambs are industrious, united, and--until God seems to turn His back on their boy Fish--religious. The Pickleses are gamblers, boozers, fractious, and unlikely landlords. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChange, hardship, and the war force them to swallow their dignity and share a great, breathing, shuddering house called Cloudstreet. Over the next twenty years, they struggle and strive, laugh and curse, come apart and pull together under the same roof, and try as they can to make their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognized as one of the greatest works of Australian literature, \u003ci\u003eCloudstreet\u003c\/i\u003e is Tim Winton's sprawling, comic epic about luck and love, fortitude and forgiveness, and the magic of the everyday.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Winton is widely considered one of the greatest living Australian writers. He has published twenty-four books, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, \u003ci\u003eAn Open Swimmer\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Australian\/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for \u003ci\u003eShallows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCloudstreet, Dirt Music, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreath\u003c\/i\u003e) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for \u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDirt Music\u003c\/i\u003e). He lives in Western Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761028596000,"sku":"9781250035516","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0b2df1d68122235f266418210abbc9ec.webp?v=1780197624","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cloudstreet-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}