{"product_id":"owls-do-cry-1","title":"Owls Do Cry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''Owls Do Cry \u003c\/i\u003eremains innovative and relevant'' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Her dark, eloquent song captured my heart '' JANE CAMPION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOwls Do Cry \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of the Withers family: Francie, soon to leave school to start work at the woollen mills; Toby, whose days are marred by the velvet cloak of epilepsy; Chicks, the baby of the family; and Daphne, whose rich, poetic imagination condemns her to a life in institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is one of the classics of New Zealand literature and has remained in print continuously for fifty years. A fiftieth anniversary edition was published in 2007.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOwls Do Cry is Janet Frame''s first novel. She describes her idea behind it in the second volume of her autobiography:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''Pictures of great treasure in the midst of sadness and waste haunted me and I began to think, in fiction, of a childhood, home life, hospital life, using people known to me as a base for main characters, and inventing minor characters''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRegarded by many as one of the best New Zealand novels published, Owls Do Cry forms a loose trilogy with her two subsequent novels, Faces in the Water and The Edge of the Alphabet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57321355542910,"sku":"NW9780349006673","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349006673.jpg?v=1778696592","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/owls-do-cry-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}