{"product_id":"9781841955735","title":"Hope And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePULL MY PIGTAILS.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMAKE YOU CRY.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFUCK OFF AND GET CANCER.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI HOPE YOU DIE.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrban tales of despair and dysfunction are Laura Hird's trademark and she does not disappoint in \u003ci\u003eHope and Other Urban Tales\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the low-rent areas of Edinburgh, Hird's slices of reality are gritty, bleak and often darkly funny. Yet the possibility of hope, always just out of reach, unifies this collection, conveying that just as circumstances can reveal the morally obscure darkness in 'good' people, so can seemingly irredeemable characters harbour well-hidden pockets of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049682714864,"sku":"9781841955735","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781841955735_p0.jpg?v=1763742662","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781841955735","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}