{"product_id":"ducks-newburyport-paperback","title":"Ducks, Newburyport - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucy Ellmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2019 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE - SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE - A \u003cem\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/em\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2019 - A \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF 2019 - A \u003cem\u003eTIME \u003c\/em\u003eMUST-READ BOOK OF 2019 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book has its face pressed up against the pane of the present; its form mimics the way our minds move now toggling between tabs, between the needs of small children and aging parents, between news of ecological collapse and school shootings while somehow remembering to pay taxes and fold the laundry.--Parul Sehgal, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaking a multitude of tartes tatins for local restaurants, an Ohio housewife contemplates her four kids, husband, cats and chickens. Also, America's ignoble past, and her own regrets. She is surrounded by dead lakes, fake facts, Open Carry maniacs, and oodles of online advice about survivalism, veil toss duties, and how to be more like Jane Fonda. But what do you do when you keep stepping on your son's toy tractors, your life depends on stolen land and broken treaties, and nobody helps you when you get a flat tire on the interstate, not even the Abominable Snowman? When are you allowed to start swearing?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a torrent of consciousness and an intoxicating coziness, \u003cem\u003eDucks, Newburyport\u003c\/em\u003e lays out a whole world for you to tramp around in, by turns frightening and funny. A heart-rending indictment of America's barbarity, and a lament for the way we are blundering into environmental disaster, this book is both heresy―and a revolution in the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Ellmann's first novel, \u003cem\u003eSweet Desserts\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. It was followed by \u003cem\u003eVarying Degrees of Hopelessness, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMan or Mango?\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Lament\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDot in the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDoctors \u0026amp; Nurses\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMimi\u003c\/em\u003e. Her short stories have appeared in magazines, newspapers and anthologies, and she has written for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e New Statesman and Society\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHerald\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScottish Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e (London), Art Monthly, \u003cem\u003eThirsty Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAeon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Evergreen\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e. A screenplay, \u003cem\u003eThe Spy Who Caught a Cold\u003c\/em\u003e, was filmed and broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. She edits fiction for the Fiction Atelier (fictionatelier.wordpress.com), and abhors standard ways of teaching Creative Writing, which she considers mostly criminal. Though American by birth, she lives in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1040\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.7 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker Prize (2019)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700715360319,"sku":"9781771963077","price":27.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1a05253a42d9099a21649ed015409c69.webp?v=1765017880","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ducks-newburyport-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}