{"product_id":"9780007306213_the-thing-around-your-neck","title":"The Thing Around Your Neck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is out now!**\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Women's Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun\u003c\/em\u003e come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Makes storytelling seem as easy as birdsong’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Writing of clarity and brilliance' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 'A Private Experience', a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity and faith force her to confront the realities and fears she's been pushing away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 'Tomorrow Is Too Far', a woman unlocks the devastating secret that surrounds her brother's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young mother at the centre of 'Imitation' finds her comfortable life threatened when she learns that her husband back in Lagos has moved his mistress into their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the title story depicts the choking loneliness of a Nigerian girl who moves to an America that turns out to be nothing like the country she expected; though falling in love brings her desires nearly within reach, a death in her homeland forces her to re-examine them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow and longing, this collection is a resounding confirmation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's prodigious storytelling powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘An elegant collection. From beginning to end the prose is serene and the characterization deft’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895401369749,"sku":"9780007306213","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007306213_8b0458da-f735-4752-9fb1-8d86e4663740.jpg?v=1776888546","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007306213_the-thing-around-your-neck","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}