{"product_id":"adult-onset-pb","title":"Ann-Marie Macdonald: Adult Onset [2015] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ann-Marie MacDonald captures the dark hilarity of parenthood like nobody else. I gulped down \u003ci\u003eAdult Onset\u003c\/i\u003e in a single day.' EMMA DONOGHUE, author of \u003ci\u003eROOM\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A complex, troubling novel that cuts with surgical precision into the sinew and muscle of family life.' - SARAH WATERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Rose MacKinnon has agreed to be a stay-at-home mother while her partner's career takes centre stage. As she balances childcare with the relentless needs of her own ageing parents, into the hilarities of full-on domesticity seeps a feeling of dread. Do others notice the dents in the expensive refrigerator? How did those scissors wind up in her toddler's hands?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a flare-up of a forgotten childhood illness compels her to rethink her own upbringing, Mary Rose's world threatens to unravel and the spectre of violence raises its head. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith biting humour and unerring emotional accuracy, \u003ci\u003eAdult Onset\u003c\/i\u003e explores the pleasures and pressures of family bonds, so powerful and yet so easily twisted and broken.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macdonald, Ann-Marie","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47475348472147,"sku":"XG81473610156","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48095385551187,"sku":"XV81473610156","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":42324097695929,"sku":"9781473610156","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/macdonald-ann-marie-ann-marie-macdonald-adult-onset-2015-paperback-55734416245075.jpg?v=1727726702","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/adult-onset-pb","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}