{"product_id":"monster-ashleigh-synnott-9781925780994","title":"Monster","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharting surreal and yet familiar worlds where hope and horror co-exist, \u003cem\u003eMonster \u003c\/em\u003eis ruthless, weird, dark and funny. These 32 stories explore loss, addiction, love and breakdown with unsentimental economy. Stories concern mothers losing or leaving children, relationships dangling by a thread or exploding. Some characters are institutionalised, others are profoundly lonely. Some just wander around - lost, while others are filled with shocking violence. There is joy here, too, and a kind of blazing intimacy in this debut collection of tough, tender and unflinching stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAshleigh Synnott lives in Sydney. Her stories, poems and essays have appeared in publications such as \u003cem\u003eMeanjin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOverland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ethe Long Paddock\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAntipodes\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eMonster \u003c\/em\u003eis her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Synnott has a rare gift for mixing light and dark, a love of outsiders and of inner worlds that soon becomes addictive. The stories in \u003cem\u003eMonster \u003c\/em\u003epierce the skin, pick at wounds, and break through to the mysteries of embodiment and desire with a strange power. This is a writer who's not afraid to aim for the guts.\" - Jennifer Mills\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMonster \u003c\/em\u003etakes us into unexpected corners of the imagination, a place inhabited by misfits and dreamers, innocents and lost souls, who take us by our necks and shake us around.\" - Debra Adelaide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn astonishing writer. Synnott's immense empathy for her outsiders and her fearless ear reminded me of George Saunders. - Delia Falconer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrange, haunting, beautiful. - Sunil Badami\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories strip away the facade of contemporary life to show what lies beneath. So true they take your breath away. - Eleanor Limprecht\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashleigh Synnott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925780996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925780994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.37d","brand":"Ashleigh Synnott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982662271231,"sku":"9781925780994","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_548bc7d4-ee71-4103-8d0d-d60a7c9ddb0a.jpg?v=1683262381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monster-ashleigh-synnott-9781925780994","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}