{"product_id":"gaining-ground-joan-barfoot-9780571399888","title":"Gaining Ground","description":"\u003cb\u003eUnearthed after half a century, this radical portrait of a woman who leaves her family to live alone in a woodland cabin will pierce the heart of anybody who has ever wanted to escape.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbra is a wife and mother living a suburban dream--until one day, she walks away. In a woodland cabin, her new life alone begins. There are no mirrors, no clocks, no memories: just the squirrels breathing in the forest, and silence of vegetables growing. Years later, a young woman arrives, and the past-flashes begin. Daughter? A strange word. Is this her? And what will this mean? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaining Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, published as \u003ci\u003eAbra\u003c\/i\u003e in North America, is a both a radical meditation on living on your own terms and an exquisite work of art. It calls to anybody who has ever wanted to escape--who has asked what it costs to be wild, to be sane, to be free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of those rare books which put you in\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003etouch with yourself as deftly and as deeply as \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Nell Dunn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Muse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Barfoot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571399886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571399888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Joan Barfoot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447580274943,"sku":"9780571399888","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fffc87e4-146c-4f91-8dcb-0adeaf51a946.jpg?v=1777233637","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gaining-ground-joan-barfoot-9780571399888","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}