{"product_id":"the-cement-garden-paperback","title":"The Cement Garden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan McEwan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"irresistibly readable\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cb\u003etour de force of psychological unease, the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAtonement \u003c\/i\u003eexcavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eor denying.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the arid summer heat, four children--Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom--find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless world. Alone in the house together, the children's lives twist into something unrecognizable as the outside begins to bear down on them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDon't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, \u003ci\u003eLessons.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting--or denying. \"Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies.\"--Washington Post Book World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIAN MCEWAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eFirst Love, Last Rites, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 1998 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAtonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMachines Like Me, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a number-one bestseller. \u003ci\u003eAtonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e have all been adapted for the big screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756891504928,"sku":"9780679750185","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5e924b5316253364dd3803a2fba533a7.webp?v=1780088479","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-cement-garden-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}