{"product_id":"woman-eating","title":"Woman Eating","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Best Book of the Year in \u003ci\u003eHARPER''S BAZAAR\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC, \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGAL-DEM \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHUFFPOST\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Witty and thought-provoking'' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Blistering'' \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Unusual, original and strikingly contemporary'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Absolutely brilliant'' Ruth Ozeki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A gripping contemporary fable about embracing difference'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A wholly 21st century take on bloodsucking'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLydia is hungry. She''s always wanted to try sashimi and ramen, onigiri and udon - the food her Japanese father liked to eat - but the only thing she can digest is blood. Yet Lydia can''t bring herself to prey on humans, and sourcing fresh pigs'' blood in London - where she is living away from her Malaysian-British mother for the first time and trying to build a career as an artist - is much more difficult than she''d anticipated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf Lydia is to find a way to exist in the world, she must reconcile the conflicts within her - between her demon and human sides, her mixed ethnic heritage and her relationship with food, and, in turn, humans. Before any of this, however, she must eat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It''s Kohda''s exploration of Lydia''s inner world, the pain and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003elonging she feels as an outsider, that makes \u003ci\u003eWoman, Eating \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esuch a delicious novel'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A profound meditation on alienation and appetite, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhat it means to be a young woman who experiences life at \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ean acute level of intensity and awareness'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLISA HARDING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''What Stoker did for the vampire at the end of the nineteenth \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecentury, Claire Kohda does for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efor it in our own era'' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307286602110,"sku":"NW9780349015637","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349015637.jpg?v=1778654832","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/woman-eating","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}