{"product_id":"9780007553716_adoration","title":"Adoration","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of four novellas includes ‘The Grandmothers’, on which ‘Adoration’, a major film starring Naomi Watts and Robin Wright, is based. (Please note, this collection was previously published as ‘The Grandmothers’.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Grandmothers’ is the story of two women who meet as schoolgirls and, in later life, live next-door to each other as neighbours. When their marriages collapse, each finds herself infatuated with the other’s son. This is a searingly intimate portrait of an unconventional extended family and the lengths to which people will go to find happiness and love. It is a ruthless dissection of the veneer of middle-class conventions that manages to be at once universal and heartbreakingly personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith ‘The Grandmothers’, as well as the other novellas in this collection – ‘Victoria and the Staveneys’, ‘The Reason for It’ and ‘A Love Child’ – Doris Lessing proves once again that she is one of our most valuable and insightful living authors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285358723221,"sku":"9780007553716","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007553716.jpg?v=1776992063","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007553716_adoration","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}