{"title":"Lucy Ellmann","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucy Ellmann is a distinguished author celebrated for her unique narrative style and perceptive insights into contemporary life. Her works seamlessly blend sharp wit with critical observations, offering readers an engaging and thought-provoking experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong her acclaimed books is \u003cem\u003eDucks, Newburyport\u003c\/em\u003e, a remarkable novel that delves into the inner monologue of an Ohio housewife. This masterpiece, with its stream-of-consciousness craftsmanship, provides a vivid and detailed exploration of her protagonist's life, reflecting broader themes of mental load and societal expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEllmann's collection also includes \u003cem\u003eThings Are Against Us\u003c\/em\u003e, a compilation that brings together a series of essays. Here, Ellmann deftly examines various aspects of culture, politics, and feminism, delivering powerful commentary with her characteristic wit and sharp intellect. The essays tackle pressing global issues while also offering personal reflections that resonate on a universal level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're browsing for general fiction or interested in arts and culture, Lucy Ellmann's works promise an enriching literary journey. Her ability to challenge norms and inspire thought makes her an essential author for readers seeking depth and originality.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ducks-newburyport-by-lucy-ellmann-9781922268938","title":"Ducks, Newburyport","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn utterly original novel, longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize, in which one woman navigates, through a compelling inner monologue, the tension and disquiet of contemporary America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn Ohio mother bakes pies while the world bombards her with radioactivity and fake facts. She worries about her children, caramelisation, chickens, guns, tardigrades, medical bills, environmental disaster, mystifying confrontations at the supermarket, and the best time to plant nasturtiums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe regrets most of her past, a million tiny embarrassments, her poverty, the loss of her mother, and the genocide on which the United States was founded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut in Lucy Ellmann's scorching indictment of American barbarity comes a plea for kindness. \u003ci\u003eDucks, Newburyport\u003c\/i\u003e is a heresy, a wonder, and a revolution in the novel. It is also unforgivably funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46530158723308,"sku":"9781922268938","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11100503482872.jpg?v=1749250709"},{"product_id":"things-are-against-us-by-lucy-ellmann-9781922458070","title":"Things Are Against Us","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are three forms of strike I’d recommend: a housework strike, a labour strike, and a sex strike. I can’t wait for the first two.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first collection of essays from Lucy Ellmann, \u003ci\u003eThings Are Against Us\u003c\/i\u003e is everything you might expect from such a fiery writer—which is to say, entirely unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBold, angry, despairing and very, very funny, these essays cover everything from matriarchy to environmental catastrophe to \u003ci\u003eLittle House on the Prairie\u003c\/i\u003e to Agatha Christie. Ellmann calls for a moratorium on air travel, rails against bras, and pleads for sanity in a world that—well, a world that spent four years in the company of Donald Trump, that ‘tremendously sick, terrible, nasty, lowly, truly pathetic, reckless, sad, weak, lazy, incompetent, third-rate, clueless, not smart, dumb as a rock, all talk, wacko, zero-chance lying liar’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings Are Against Us\u003c\/i\u003e is electric. It’s vital. These are essays bursting with energy. Reading them feels like sticking your hand in the mains socket. Lucy Ellmann is the writer we need to guide us through these crazy times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083041882348,"sku":"9781922458070","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12991823482872.jpg?v=1765279685"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/lucy-ellmann.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}