{"product_id":"9780007396887_the-middle-kingdom","title":"The Middle Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lyrical, moving novel of the choices and confusions that face a married woman whose understanding of herself explodes on first contact with the energies of China and a Chinaman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace Hoffmeier is never quite sure where to invest her energies: in her dying marriage to star scientist Walter or in the possible affairs that flare so startlingly before her like fireworks; in her work or in her home; in things or in people; in the past or in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn an eye-opening trip to a China that has ripped itself apart, yet again, at its very heart in Tiananmen Square, Grace finds – with guidance from unexpected quarters – that what you can choose between is not always your choice to make. The real China soon crackles into being before Grace; its fire and light illuminate for her paths old and new, and a new life in a new kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrea Barrett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284859273365,"sku":"9780007396887","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007396887.png?v=1776992080","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007396887_the-middle-kingdom","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}