{"product_id":"the-bradshaw-variations-9781250828194","title":"The Bradshaw Variations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Astonishing . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Bradshaw Variations\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely, necessary story.\" --\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Bradshaw and Tonie Swann are experiencing the classic symptoms of marriage in its middle years: comfortable house, happy-enough daughter, and an eerie sense that life might be happening elsewhere. Then Tonie accepts a big promotion at work and Thomas agrees to become a stay-at-home dad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Thomas is suddenly faced with the daily silence of an empty house, Tonie finds herself alive to previously unimagined possibilities. And at the head of the family, the aging Bradshaw parents continue their marital dynamic of bickering and petty undermining. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe seventh novel by the acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, Rachel Cusk's \u003ci\u003eThe Bradshaw Variations\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical, subversive tale of a marriage unraveling.\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\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\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bradshaw Variations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717290823954,"sku":"9781250828194","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a67753b5-cabd-49f1-af6a-51028f40e3cb.jpg?v=1734614939","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bradshaw-variations-9781250828194","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}