{"product_id":"gaining-ground","title":"Gaining Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Lit Hub and \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \"Need to Read\" Novel of the Summer \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnearthed after half a century, this radical portrait of a woman who leaves her family to live alone in a woodland cabin will pierce the heart of anybody who has ever wanted to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI swear I loved them all, and I did the best I could. And then I left them, left all of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbra is a wife and mother living a suburban dream--until one day, she walks away. In a woodland cabin, her new life alone begins. There are no mirrors, no clocks, no memories: just the squirrels breathing in the forest, and the silence of vegetables growing. Years later, a young woman arrives, and the past-flashes begin. Daughter? A strange word. Is this her? And what will this mean?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGaining Ground, originally published as Abra in North America, is a both a radical meditation on living on your own terms and an exquisite work of art. It calls to anybody who has ever wanted to escape--who has asked what it costs to be wild, to be sane, to be free.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Gaining Ground","offer_id":46616590778565,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-571-39988-8.jpg?v=1785220390","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/gaining-ground","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}