{"product_id":"arlington-park-9781250828187","title":"Arlington Park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London) Top 100 Novel of the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No one has written better about what, I suppose, is generally known as female experience . . . All of it is familiar from life but not (thus far) from literature. Everything about \u003ci\u003eArlington\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePark\u003c\/i\u003e is original and fearless.\" --Francine Prose, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet over the course of one rainy day in an ordinary English suburb, \u003ci\u003eArlington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Park\u003c\/i\u003e is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence: Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in family life; Amanda, warding off thoughts of death with obsessive housework; Solly, about to give birth to her fourth child; Maisie, struggling to accept provincial life; and Christine, the optimist and host of a dinner party where the neighbors come together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenetrating and empathetic, Rachel Cusk's \u003ci\u003eArlington Park\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a domestic adventure about the perils of modern privilege that is as smartly satirical as it is warmly wise\" (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Cusk \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eSecond Place\u003c\/i\u003e; the trilogy \u003ci\u003eOutline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKudos\u003c\/i\u003e; the essay collection \u003ci\u003eCoventry\u003c\/i\u003e; the memoirs \u003ci\u003eA Life's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWork\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Supper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e; and several other novels: \u003ci\u003eSaving Agnes \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Whitbread Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Temporary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Country Life \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Lucky Ones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Fold\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArlington\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePark\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bradshaw Variations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630503334162,"sku":"9781250828187","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d7aa8e12-93ce-41b9-8aa0-8e4bb4745544.jpg?v=1732753694","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/arlington-park-9781250828187","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}