{"product_id":"ruin-emma-hislop-9781776920662","title":"Ruin: And Other Stories","description":"Women and girls walk a perilously thin line between ruin and redemption in these stories as they try-- with varying degrees of success-- to outmanouver the violence that threatens to define their lives. There's the physical violence of men against their bodies-- and sometimes the violence they exact in revenge. While doubts about a romantic partner, an abandonment by a sister, the fallout of a parent's pornography addiction, the betrayal of a friend, even the desire to touch a stranger's fur-like body are subtler aggressions that pack their own kinds of punches. Moving between contemporary New Zealand and London, and a dreamlike landscape that isn't quite real, this debut collection shimmers with a brutal kind of hope, exploring power and its contortions, powerlessness and its depravities, and the ends to which we will go to claim back agency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Hislop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 177692066X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781776920662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Te Herenga Waka University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Emma Hislop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46217101246719,"sku":"9781776920662","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13c6cca0-f61b-4df3-91bf-18057165b310.jpg?v=1728514286","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ruin-emma-hislop-9781776920662","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}