{"product_id":"the-natural-way-of-things-by-charlotte-wood-9781760633387","title":"The Natural Way of Things","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2016 Stella Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCo-winner, 2016 Prime Minister's Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Fiction Book of the Year, 2016 Indie Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2016 Indie Book of the Year Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, 2016 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, 2016 Barbara Jefferis Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, 2016 Queensland Literary Award for Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, 2016 Voss Literary Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping, starkly imaginative exploration of contemporary misogyny and corporate control, and of what it means to hunt and be hunted. Most of all, it is the story of two friends, their sisterly love, and courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith extraordinary echoes of \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/em\u003e is a compulsively readable, scarifying, and deeply moving contemporary novel. It confirms Charlotte Wood's position as one of our most thoughtful, provocative, and fearless truth-tellers, as she unflinchingly reveals us and our world to ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'With a fearless clarity, Wood's elegantly spare and brutal prose dissects humanity, hatreds, our ambivalent capacities for friendship and betrayal, and the powerful appearance—always—of moments of grace and great beauty ... It will not leave you easily; it took my breath away.' Ashley Hay, author of \u003cem\u003eA Hundred Small Lessons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46533321523436,"sku":"9781760633387","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23720813482814.jpg?v=1749384846","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-natural-way-of-things-by-charlotte-wood-9781760633387","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}