{"product_id":"9781844717811","title":"The White Road and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat links a café in Antarctica, a factory for producing electronic tracking tags and a casino where gamblers can wager their shoes? They're among the multiple venues where award-winning writer Tania Hershman sets her unique tales in this spellbinding debut collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing from tragedy, a bereaved mother opens a cafe on the road to the South Pole. A town which has always suffered extreme cold enjoys sudden warmth. A stranger starts plaiting a young woman's hair. A rabbi comes face to face with an angel in a car park. An elderly woman explains to her young carer what pregnancy used to mean before science took over. A middle-aged housewife overcomes a fear of technology to save her best friend. A desperate childless woman resorts to extreme measures to adopt. A young man's potential is instantly snuffed out by Nature's whims. A lonely widow bakes cakes in the shape of test tubes and DNA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA number of these stories are inspired by articles from science magazines, taking fact as their starting points and wondering what might happen if . . .? In these surreal, lyrical stories, many of which are only a few pages long, Tania Hershman allows her imagination free reign, as her characters navigate through love, death, friendship, spirituality, mental illness and the havoc wreaked by the weather.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salt Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136007389424,"sku":"9781844717811","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781844717811_p0.jpg?v=1763743083","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781844717811","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}