{"product_id":"maps-of-our-spectacular-bodies-1","title":"Maps Of Our Spectacular Bodies By Mortimer, Maddie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Desmond Elliott Prize\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted: \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eYoung Writer of the Year - Goldsmiths Prize - Betty Trask Prize\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted: Booker Prize - Dylan Thomas Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps of Our Spectacular Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of coming-of-age at the end of a life. Utterly heart-breaking yet darkly funny, Maddie Mortimer’s debut is a symphonic journey through one woman’s body: a celebration of desire, forgiveness, and the darkness within us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Original, memorable, shimmering’ - Sarah Moss, author of \u003ci\u003eGhost Wall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLia has only one child, Iris; her magical, awkward, endlessly creative daughter who has just entered the battleground of her teenage years. Lia and Iris have always been close, but there is a war playing out inside Lia’s body, too, and everything is about to change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs she confronts what might be the end, memories of her own childhood and a passionate love affair come rushing into her present, unearthing buried secrets and her family’s deepest fears. But Lia still has hope . . . for more time, for more love, for more Iris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year\u003cbr\u003e''Restlessly inventive . . . delicate and persuasive'' - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Extraordinary, kaleidoscopic’ - Daisy Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eEverything, Under\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57562735149438,"sku":"NW9781529069389","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529069389.jpg?v=1783189891","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/maps-of-our-spectacular-bodies-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}