{"product_id":"conversations-on-the-edge-kim-robinson-walcott-9789766571412","title":"Conversations on the Edge: Stories of Delusion","description":"\u003cp\u003eClaudette wants to be a moral warrior seeking enlightenment but finds it \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehard to resist the convenience of being a kept woman. Lorna tries to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esalvage her pride by fabricating a romantic past. Marcie copes with her \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehusband's rejection by fantasising about a man she hardly knows. The \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewomen in Kim Robinson-Walcott's lightly linked stories want more, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeserve better and know what they should​ do, and yet . . . Sometimes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe're our own worst enemies, and delusion can feel like the only safe \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epath through uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of thirty years, these women reckon with the illusions, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einsecurities and unfulfilled desires that have shaped their lives, and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall the while the question lingers: Can we transcend our own limitations?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The women in this book are often left unsatisfied but you the reader \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill never be. Not with a gifted storyteller like Kim Robinson-Walcott \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elaying bare the workings of the heart. The pace is quick and the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elanguage spare as she forces us to witness women teetering on the edge: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill heart rule head, or vice versa? The terrain of these stories is not \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunfamiliar for we all have all been there in one form or another, but \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enever have we been asked to examine our own delusions with such clarity, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewit and sometimes humour, as through the conversations of these 10 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edelusionary others.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Olive Senior, author of Paradise Once\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Robinson-Walcott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9766571414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789766571412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LMH Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.29d","brand":"Kim Robinson-Walcott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997885182207,"sku":"9789766571412","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conversations-on-the-edge-kim-robinson-walcott-9789766571412","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}