{"product_id":"owls-do-cry","title":"Owls Do Cry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Janet Frame was a unique and troubled soul whose luminous words are the more precious'' HILARY MANTEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Her dark, eloquent song captured my heart '' JANE CAMPION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''All my preoccupations as a writer - my notions of home, beauty, madness of sorts and longing - come from her'' MEG MASON\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo the day promised fair, and the sea lay like a quilt with the waves tucked under, and the trees wavering like leafless water, cut to fit from a transparent block of blue air and frost.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOwls Do Cry\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the Withers family: Francie, who is twelve and about to start work at the woollen mills, hard drudgery sweetened with the thrill of riding a bike to work; Toby, who would rather play at the dump than go to school, where the dark velvet cloak of epilepsy often wraps itself around him; Chicks, the youngest; and Daphne, whose rich poetic way of seeing the world leads to a heartbreaking life in institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with lyrical beauty and a deep sensitivity in its depiction of hardship and tragedy, \u003ci\u003eOwls Do Cry\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic masterpiece and regarded as one of the best New Zealand novels ever published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCED BY MARGARET DRABBLE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The first great New Zealand novel and a modernist masterpiece . . . the book''s immense power to unnerve, astonish and impress endures'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57398094823806,"sku":"NW9780349020914","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349020914.jpg?v=1778670183","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/owls-do-cry","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}