{"product_id":"on-brunswick-ground","title":"On Brunswick Ground","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781921924873\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2015\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Transit Lounge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cbr\u003efresh and sparkling book that strikes deep notes as it flows along.' Helen\u003cbr\u003eGarner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Like the suburb it depicts,On Brunswick Groundteems with lives at once familiar and strange, all beautifully lit by the glint and warmth of Saint Phalle's prose. Shadowed by local tragedy, we come to care for these characters as much as they care for each other; with wry humour and in unexpected ways.' Roger Averill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003ethe Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, a female narrator, who remains unnamed is\u003cbr\u003etrying to come to terms with the absence of Jack, the man she loves. In a bar\u003cbr\u003eshe meets Bernice, a radio personality, in her late thirties and flirting with\u003cbr\u003eIVF. Finding a job as a gardener, she discovers that her co-worker, Mitali, has\u003cbr\u003ean unresolved mourning that attracts other deaths into its orbit. Later on, she\u003cbr\u003ebefriends the resolutely mysterious bar owner, Sarah, and her daughter, Mary,\u003cbr\u003ewho has, for potent (and as yet unrevealed) reasons, converted to Islam and\u003cbr\u003edonned a burqa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003elives of these women are characterised by love and loss, and are woven together\u003cbr\u003eby their shared grieving at the senseless murder of Jill Meagher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn\u003cbr\u003eBrunswick Ground traverses the world of longing, grief\u003cbr\u003eand personal loss with an assured and literary touch. It is a novel that is\u003cbr\u003ealso heart-warming, and affirming. Catherine de Saint Phalle truly understands\u003cbr\u003ethe surprising ways in which tragedy and loss can tighten the bonds of\u003cbr\u003efriendship and of a community.","brand":"Smartfox Books","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41592540233861,"sku":"PR50736","price":53.6,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_ST943HH9G32I.jpg?v=1776707830","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/on-brunswick-ground","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}