{"product_id":"the-natural-way-of-things-isbn-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.“Ferocious . . . recalls the early Elena Ferrante.” \u003cb\u003e—NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Like the surreal prison itself, Ms. Wood's writing is direct and spare, yet capable of bursting with unexpected beauty.”\u003cb\u003e —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The fury of contemporary feminism may have found its masterpiece of horror.”\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233717989605,"sku":"NP9798217047383","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9798217047383.jpg?v=1767740639","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-natural-way-of-things-isbn-9798217047383","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}