{"product_id":"2940169441260","title":"Orchid \u0026 the Wasp: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable young woman navigates Dublin, London and New York, striving to build a life raft for her loved-ones amidst economic and familial collapse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this dazzlingly original debut novel, award-winning Irish writer Caoilinn Hughes introduces a heroine of mythic proportions in the form of one Gael Foess\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eA tough, thoughtful, and savvy opportunist, Gael is determined to live life on her own terms. Raised in Dublin by single-minded, careerist parents, Gael learns early how a person's ambitions and ideals can be compromisedamp;mdash;and she refuses to let her vulnerable, unwell younger brother, Guthrie, suffer such sacrifices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Gael's financier father walks out on them during the economic crash of 2008, her family fractures. Her mother, a once-formidable orchestral conductor, becomes a shadow. And a fateful incident prevents Guthrie from finishing high school. Determined not to let her loved-ones fall victim to circumstance, Gael leaves Dublin for the coke-dusted social clubs of London and Manhattan's gallery scene, always working an angle, but beginning to become a stranger to those who love her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in electric, heart-stopping prose, \u003ci\u003eOrchid amp; the Wasp\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about gigantic ambitions and hard-won truths, chewing through sexuality, class, and politics, and crackling with joyful, anarchic fury. It challenges bootstraps morality with questions of what we owe one another and what we earn. A first novel of astonishing talent, \u003ci\u003eOrchid amp; the Wasp\u003c\/i\u003e announces Caoilinn Hughes as one of the most exciting literary writers working today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102068588784,"sku":"2940169441260","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169441260_p0.jpg?v=1763682786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169441260","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}