{"product_id":"9780008209872","title":"Red Clocks: Shortlisted FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INAUGURAL ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Intense, beautifully crafted . . . Her talent is electric. Get ready for a shock’ \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eThis is a work of fiction. Keep telling yourself that.\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica has changed. For women, it has changed for the worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRo, a single high-school teacher, is desperate to become a mother. But with IVF now illegal – along with abortion and other reproductive rights – parenthood looks increasingly unlikely for her. Her best friend Susan is trapped in a failing marriage with two children, her star student Mattie is unwillingly pregnant and Gin, an outcast offering other women natural remedies, has become the centre of a modern-day witch-hunt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith warmth, wit and ferocious inventiveness, Red Clocks shows us an all-too plausible near-future: like The Handmaid’s Tale, it is a call to arms, set to become a modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the small, rural town, the struggle for reproductive rights takes centre stage, painting a literary masterpiece that is both heart-wrenching and thought-provoking. The top-notch storytelling of Leni Zumas in Red Clocks is a testament to her electric talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Marge Piercy (The Cost of Lunch, Etc.), Joanne Ramos (The Farm), Jessamine Chan (The School for Good Mothers), Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin), and Louise O'Neill (Idol).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leni Zumas, Read by Karissa Vacker and Erin Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889029664917,"sku":"9780008209872","price":35.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008209872.jpg?v=1776888566","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008209872","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}