{"title":"Lara Feigel","description":"\u003cp\u003eLara Feigel is a distinguished author and academic known for her insightful exploration of human emotions and society through her writings. Her works often delve into complex themes such as personal identity, relationships, and the intricacies of human behaviour, making them both enlightening and deeply resonant for readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her collection, you'll find books like \u003cem\u003eCustody\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Group\u003c\/em\u003e, which are part of her compelling journey into the dynamics of modern life and personal development. These books, categorised under Education \u0026amp; Reference and General Fiction, offer readers a blend of narrative that is both instructive and engaging, perfect for those who seek literary works that challenge and inform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLara Feigel's writing style is both accessible and profound, making her an essential addition to any bookshelf for those interested in understanding the nuances of personal and societal relationships. Her ability to weave compelling stories with educational insights makes her books a valuable resource for both casual readers and academic enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-group-by-lara-feigel-9781529305012","title":"The Group","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A very funny and brilliant book. Feigel does a thorough and virtuosic job of describing the dilemmas of contemporary middle-class women' Rachel Cusk\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe five of them – Stella, Priss, Kay, Helena, and Polly – met at university, their lives full of lazy afternoons and late nights. Friendship seemed simple and there was such pleasure in the endless talk and in just living alongside each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow the women are turning forty and they're finding that a shared past can sometimes be a burden. They're all struggling to navigate the ways in which their lives have differed from the plans they made themselves and the hopes they had for each other. In the past, solidarity came easily, but now they compare lovers, husbands, jobs, children, and sofas, asking how the choices they've made or failed to make hold up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs marriages end and secrets emerge, they wonder whether these people, the ones who know so much about them, are really the ones they can confide in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46716785885420,"sku":"9781529305012","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13471843482732.jpg?v=1754442898"},{"product_id":"custody-by-lara-feigel-9780008655464","title":"Custody","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCustody\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book for general readers on the history of child custody, an issue that affects so many lives and a question that seems fundamental to our experience and understanding of family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also an issue that has played a central, at times troubling, role in the history of feminism. Lara Feigel’s book probes the relationship between emancipation and care via a range of fascinating (and also heartbreaking, surprising, and enraging) custody cases from 1800 to the present in England, France, and America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the story of seven women – Caroline Norton, George Sand, Elizabeth Packard, Frieda Lawrence, Edna O’Brien, Alice Walker, and Britney Spears – who have fought for their children and been found wanting. It is also the story of the children who have lost the care they most need because divorce is at heart a macabre continuation of marriage in a new setting, with the battles of the marriage stoked into new levels of acrimony by the courts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s written as a book of stories because mothers enter courtrooms as storied figures. In custody hearings, the most intimate aspects of our lives as women and mothers get driven into the public sphere and are subject to public interpretation. Stories are told about us, and we respond with stories of our own; judges weigh these stories against each other and come up with stories called judgments, and then send us out into the world and tell us to cooperate with our traducer in the upbringing of a vulnerable child who fears precisely the strife that has just been whipped up by the court.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, it’s a book that sees custody as the nexus where motherhood, ideology, and power meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46812923396332,"sku":"9780008655464","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d2611a1367b509fc1b4acb8f6362c2ae.jpg?v=1771209906"},{"product_id":"custody-by-lara-feigel-9780008836825","title":"Custody","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCustody\u003c\/em\u003e by Lara Feigel is described by Tessa Hadley as \u003cstrong\u003e'An absorbing and heart-breaking study, opening a window into the past and urgently contemporary at the same time'\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe think that our children belong to us, but families are fragile things.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47293124378860,"sku":"9780008836825","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780008836825.jpg?v=1770686104"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/lara-feigel.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}