{"product_id":"feast-9781761067112","title":"Feast","description":"\u003cb\u003eA compelling novel of three women and their dark secrets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree women. Three secrets. One weekend.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alison is an actress who no longer acts, Patrick a musician past his prime. The eccentric couple live an isolated, debauched existence in an old manor house in Scotland, a few miles outside their village. That is, until Patrick's teenage daughter, Neve, flees Australia to spend a year abroad with her doting, if unreliable, father, and the stepmother she barely knows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the weekend of Neve's eighteenth birthday, her father insists on a special feast to mark her coming of age. Despite Neve's objections, her mother Shannon arrives in Scotland to join the celebrations. What none of them know is that Shannon has arrived with a hidden agenda that has the potential to shatter the delicate façade of the loving, if dysfunctional, family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeast\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of three women connected beyond blood, and what happens when their darkest secrets are hauled into the light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily O'Grady\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer from Brisbane. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow House\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2018 Australian\/Vogel's Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eMeanjin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKill Your Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/i\u003e fiction edition and \u003ci\u003eNew Australian Fiction 2021\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50869503787282,"sku":"9781761067112","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3de95dfe-b85a-4b62-b190-af7774e380c7.jpg?v=1737760310","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/feast-9781761067112","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}