{"product_id":"the-group-paperback-1","title":"The Group - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLara Feigel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A very funny and brilliant book. Feigel does a thorough and virtuosic job of describing the dilemmas of contemporary middle-class women' Rachel Cusk\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe five of them - Stella, Priss, Kay, Helena and Polly - met at university, their lives full of lazy afternoons and late nights. Friendship seemed simple and there was such pleasure in the endless talk and in just living alongside each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow the women are turning forty and they're finding that a shared past can sometimes be a burden. They're all struggling to navigate the ways in which their lives have differed from the plans they made themselves and the hopes they had for each other. In the past, solidarity came easily, but now they compare lovers, husbands, jobs, children and sofas, asking how the choices they've made or failed to make hold up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs marriages end and secrets emerge, they wonder whether these people, the ones who know so much about them, are really the ones they can confide in.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA writer, critic and cultural historian teaching in the English department at King's College London, Lara Feigel is the author of four books including \u003ci\u003eThe Love-Charm of Bombs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bitter Taste of Victory\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eFree Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, a book where Lara examines her own life alongside Doris Lessing's to explore what freedom (sexual, psychological, political) might be and whether it's attainable or desirable. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in Kensal Rise, London, with her two children. \u003ci\u003eThe Group\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.61 x 4.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767343743264,"sku":"9781529305012","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a2b12b44a53d32e2617fb7af50783482.webp?v=1780309474","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-group-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}