{"product_id":"worry-a-novel-isbn-9781443458870","title":"Worry: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA riveting novel about a mother’s all-consuming worry for her\u003cbr\u003echild over forty-eight hours at a remote cottage with old friends and a\u003cbr\u003emysterious neighbour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth is the fiercely protective mother of four-year-old Fern. Together\u003cbr\u003ethey visit a remote family cottage belonging to Stef,\u003cbr\u003ethe woman who has been Ruth’s best friend—and her husband’s best friend—for\u003cbr\u003eyears. Stef is everything Ruth is not—confident, loud, carefree—and Ruth cannot\u003cbr\u003eseem to escape her. While Fern runs wild with Stef’s older twins and dockside\u003cbr\u003edrinks flow freely among the adults, they’re joined by Stef’s neighbour Marvin,\u003cbr\u003ea man whose manic pursuit of fun is matched only by his side comments about his\u003cbr\u003eabsent wife. As day moves into night and darkness settles over the woods that\u003cbr\u003esurround the cottages, the edges among this group of people sharpen until a\u003cbr\u003esuspected threat takes an unexpected turn.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Jessica Westhead is one of the finest prose writers in this country.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZoe Whittall, bestselling author of The Best Kind of People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I read \u003cem\u003eWorry \u003c\/em\u003ein one sleepless, unbroken gulp. Jessica Westhead renders parenthood as a riveting high-wire act, and imbues a seemingly ordinary lakeside vacation with suspense and menace that lingers long after reading, as a chair with the shadow of a monster is never again just a chair in the daylight. An irresistible novel from its first pages to its devastating end.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Fu, author of The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I read \u003cem\u003eWorry\u003c\/em\u003e in one sleepless, unbroken gulp. Jessica Westhead renders parenthood as a riveting high-wire act, and imbues a seemingly ordinary lakeside vacation with suspense and menace that lingers long after reading. . . An irresistible novel from its first pages to its devastating end.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKim Fu, author of The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An eerie, twist-filled story. With striking precision, Westhead dissects parenting and relationships in the age of anxiety. A riveting read.”    - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatrina Onstad, acclaimed author of Everybody Has Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eWorry\u003c\/em\u003e, Jessica Westhead deftly plumbs the anxiety that can arise from attachment. This compelling novel explores not only the tensions between dependence and freedom, but also the tricky, shifting nature of love itself.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeg Wolitzer, bestselling author of The Interestings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Westhead is a concise wordsmith; \u003cem\u003eWorry \u003c\/em\u003eis a quick and engrossing read…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jessica Westhead packs a lifetime of maternal anxiety into this propulsive thriller, which unfolds over the course of 48 hours in a secluded cottage…Westhead is a master of misdirection—you’ll want to devour \u003cem\u003eWorry \u003c\/em\u003ein a single, heart-thudding night.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eApple Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR CBC CANADA READS 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eA CBC BOOKS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWorry\u003c\/em\u003e does a masterful job of building tension, and the reader is constantly torn between eager anticipation and dread of finding out what is happening next.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOttawa Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eWorry\u003c\/em\u003e, Westhead demonstrates that leaping is precisely what she knows how to do, and her novel delivers with the most assured and powerful landing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePickle Me This\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889400574181,"sku":"NP9781443458870","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781443458870.jpg?v=1730231171","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/worry-a-novel-isbn-9781443458870","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}