{"product_id":"lack","title":"Lack","description":"\u003ch2\u003e'Cecilia Knapp beautifully captures the experience of contemporary womanhood in this lyrical and insightful novel. A genuine triumph' ELIZA CLARK\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003ch2\u003e'Poignant to the bone. Lack is both masterfully, poetically complex and beautifully easy to read' GEMMA CAIRNEY\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the quiet, lonely hours of the middle of the night, a woman scrolls social media on her phone. Babies are everywhere. All her friends seem to have one. But she is full of doubt - just the creep sniffing at the window. How can she consider the enormity of new life when the world outside is burning?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBesides, there's something wrong in her body. She can feel it: pain, a constant dull ache she is too frightened to investigate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd then there's something darker, pulsing beneath the surface, threatening to catch up with her. Hers is a life deeply affected by grief and chaos; the death of her mother, a long buried sexual assault, and a drawn-out affair with a married actor of middling fame and maximum ego - full of glamour, hedonism, obsession and control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs it possible to rebuild, when all you feel is lack?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A stunning poet and an equally gorgeous storyteller. I love everything Cecilia Knapp writes' HOLLIE MCNISH\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Cecilia Knapp is a great writer. I love her' KAE TEMPEST\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'I really love Cecilia's writing. It's sharp. Cuts to the quick. And offers my favourite thing, a real insight into the minds of women and all the things we don't often get to say out loud' SALMA EL-WARDANY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Lack","offer_id":46179203645637,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-00-882789-2.jpg?v=1778026120","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/lack","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}