{"product_id":"lost-lambs-madeline-cash","title":"Lost Lambs - Madeline Cash","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\" style=\"transition: height 0.3s ease-in-out; height: 1091px; max-height: none; overflow: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBringing head and heart together with its own crazy glue,\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLost Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows the spectacular falling apart – and eventual coming together – of the Flynn family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe funny and compassionate new literary novel that turns family dysfunction into an art form.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A voice like no other’ Lena Dunham, award-winning writer, director and creator of comedy-drama\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Loud, hilarious, shocking and sensitive' Megan Nolan, prize-listed author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eActs of Desperation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'You finish the book with the kind of smile on your face that contemporary fiction rarely leaves you with.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a perky, fiendishly readable debut.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the three Flynn daughters, it’s been disastrous since their parents opened up their marriage. Abigail, the eldest, is dating an ex-soldier several years her senior nicknamed ‘War Crimes Wes’. Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist. And the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to a wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someone – or something – is monitoring the town’s citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCasting a shadow across their lives is Paul Alabaster, a nefarious local billionaire. Rumours of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with Alabaster’s machinations sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy – one that may just, finally, bring them closer together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRippling with humour, warmth and style,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eturns family dysfunction into an art form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost Lambs:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Goes off like a firework. As sincere as it is funny (and it’s very funny)’ Ramona Ausubel, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Animal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A great, great American novel’ Samantha Hunt, Women’s Prize longlisted author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A dazzling and singular new voice in literary fiction… Loud, hilarious, shocking, and sensitive’ Megan Nolan, award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrdinary Human Failings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘With a big surge of energy,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esplits the nucleus of the American family’ Tony Tulathimutte, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRejection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Madeline Cash is a humourist in the darkly humanist tradition of George Saunders and Lorrie Moore, of Vonnegut and Twain’ Tim Kreider, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Learn Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Immersive and propulsive and I never wanted it to end. I can’t remember the last time a novel made me laugh so hard or feel so much tenderness for its characters… I loved it. I devoured it’ Leslie Jamison, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSplinters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e336 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069893623962,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/lost-lambs-9781529946130.jpg?v=1770084947","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/lost-lambs-madeline-cash","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}