{"product_id":"fallout-eleanor-ansthruther-9798999527035","title":"Fallout","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A punk-hearted coming-of-age novel of rebellion, love, and reinvention.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Author of \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Explanation, \u003c\/i\u003eone of \u003ci\u003eThe Times' \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA radical daughter. A closeted father. A prim mother turned protester. One runaway girl sets a family on fire--and lights the way to liberation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the bleak winter of 1982, fifteen-year-old Bridget has had enough. Enough of Thatcher's Britain, enough of being invisible, and enough of her family's secrets. Armed with little more than a sharp tongue and a fierce sense of justice, she runs away from her suburban life to join the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp--one of the most iconic protest movements in British history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Bridget's disappearance doesn't just blow open her own life. It sends shockwaves through her fractured family: her distant, conservative mother, who's about to fall headlong into a love affair she never saw coming, and her father--a man with secrets of his own, who's spent a lifetime hiding in plain sight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet at the unlikely intersection of nuclear disarmament and personal awakening, \u003ci\u003eFALLOUT\u003c\/i\u003e is a fearless, darkly funny exploration of identity, family, and midlife reinvention. With an irreverent bite that evokes \u003ci\u003eFleabag\u003c\/i\u003e, the emotional complexity of \u003ci\u003eBad Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, and the political urgency of \u003ci\u003eMilkman\u003c\/i\u003e, Eleanor Anstruther has written a novel that is \"gutsy, urgent, and heartfelt\" (Emma Forrest), full of \"wit, fire, and serious truths\" (Joanna Pocock). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the three members of this quietly explosive family collide on the protest lines--armed with placards, secrets, and unlikely hope--they're forced to confront what they've been hiding from each other, and from themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of Meg Mason, Ali Smith, and Nina Stibbe, \u003ci\u003eFALLOUT\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous, unforgettable novel about the lies we tell to survive--and the courage it takes to finally come undone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleanor Ansthruther\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999527035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Empress Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Eleanor Ansthruther","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47761289117951,"sku":"9798999527035","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7aa6b347-c8e5-42dd-8f63-36c0308b9cbf.jpg?v=1765514894","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fallout-eleanor-ansthruther-9798999527035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}