{"product_id":"the-natural-way-of-things-9798217047383","title":"The Natural Way of Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe prescient feminist fable and international classic described as \"\u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003efor our age\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Economist), \u003c\/i\u003efrom the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eStone Yard Devotional\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a broken-down property in the middle of a desert, they have no idea where they are or how they came to be there. Doing hard labor under a sweltering sun, guarded by two inept yet vicious jailers, the prisoners soon learn what links them: in each woman's past is a sexual scandal with a powerful man. They pray for rescue but as the hours turn into days and the days into weeks and months, it becomes clear that the women must rescue themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 2016 and ever more relevant upon its 10th anniversary, \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e is a lucid and illusory fable and a brilliantly plotted novel of ideas that reminds us of humankind's own vast contradictions--the capacity for savagery, selfishness, resilience, and redemption all contained by a single, vulnerable body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven novels and three books of non-fiction. Her novel \u003ci\u003eStone Yard Devotional \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. Earlier novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2016 Stella Prize and was joint winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an international bestseller. Her features and essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Charlotte lives in Sydney with her husband.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52078140326162,"sku":"9798217047383","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c83aaed2-7022-4734-a7ba-d29cf8389466.jpg?v=1772529125","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-natural-way-of-things-9798217047383","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}