{"product_id":"9781922182715","title":"Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Quietly brilliant…Witting's characterizations are staggeringly sharp—it is hard to imagine a novel more keenly observed—simultaneously heartbreaking and (subtly) hilarious, not because they're exaggerated, but because they are so unsettlingly, overwhelmingly true…A compassionate masterpiece.’— \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsobel Callaghan is struggling to survive as a writer. She is isolated, poor and hungry. Leaving her boarding house in search of food, she has a breakdown on the way to the corner shop. Waking in the hospital, Isobel learns that she will be confined to a sanatorium. There, among the motley patients, and with the aid of great works of literature, she confronts the horrors of her past. But can she find a way to face the future? Confronting and compassionate, profound and funny, the second Isobel novel confirmed Amy Witting as one of the finest Australian writers of her time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060603863280,"sku":"9781922182715","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781922182715_p0.jpg?v=1763633072","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781922182715","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}