{"product_id":"restless-dolly-maunder-9781805302483","title":"Restless Dolly Maunder","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe international bestselling author of The Secret River and\u003cbr\u003eA Room Made of Leaves returns with a fictionalised account of her grandmother's\u003cbr\u003elife, commemorating a strong female character making the best out of the times\u003cbr\u003eand society she was born in.\u003c\/b\u003eDolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, \u003cbr\u003ewhen society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined\u003cbr\u003ewomen. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly\u003cbr\u003espends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children do\u003cbr\u003enot deter her from searching for love and independence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRestless Dolly Maunder is a subversive, triumphant tale of a\u003cbr\u003epioneering woman working her way through a world of limits and obstacles, who\u003cbr\u003eis able - despite the cost - to make a life she could call her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Grenville's\u003c\/b\u003e bestselling novel The Secret River received\u003cbr\u003ethe Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003eand the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The Idea of Perfection won the Orange\u003cbr\u003ePrize. Grenville's other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, \u003cbr\u003eLilian's Story, Dark Places, Joan Makes History and A Room Made of Leaves.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50605489488146,"sku":"9781805302483","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ff4eaac7-8612-47f1-8ef9-492aac75f731.jpg?v=1737292239","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/restless-dolly-maunder-9781805302483","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}