{"product_id":"9780008221782","title":"Scissors, Paper, Stone","description":"\u003cb\u003eCharles\u003c\/b\u003e Redfern is in a coma. As he lies motionless \u003cbr\u003ein hospital, his wife Anne and daughter Charlotte are forced to come \u003cbr\u003etogether to confront their relationships with him - and with each \u003cbr\u003eother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne\u003c\/b\u003e, once regarded as \u003cbr\u003ebeautiful and clever, has felt herself disappearing for years, paling \u003cbr\u003ebeside her husband's harsh brilliance. Anxious to fit in with the \u003cbr\u003eexpectations of the people around her, she keeps her disillusionment \u003cbr\u003eburied inside, mechanically attending the endless round of drinks \u003cbr\u003eparties and dinners in her keenly social neighbourhood, and trying to \u003cbr\u003eignore the guilt that trails behind her like a \u003cbr\u003eshadow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte\u003c\/b\u003e, battling an \u003cbr\u003einner darkness that threatens to overwhelm her, is desperate to prevent \u003cbr\u003eher relationship with not-yet-divorced Gabriel from disintegrating \u003cbr\u003ethrough her own self-sabotage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the full truth of \u003cbr\u003eCharles's hold over them emerges into the light, both women must come to\u003cbr\u003e terms with the choices they have made, and the uncertainty of a future \u003cbr\u003ewithout the figure that has dominated them for so \u003cbr\u003elong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Day\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel \u003cbr\u003espeaks beautifully and frankly about the banal horror of fractured \u003cbr\u003erelationships and the uncomfortable truths behind smiling family \u003cbr\u003ephotographs. Poetic, absorbing and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eScissors, \u003cbr\u003ePaper, Stone\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of damage, survival and restoration, \u003cbr\u003eand of the powerful ties that bind us together.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107459219696,"sku":"9780008221782","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780008221782_p0.jpg?v=1763618656","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780008221782","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}