{"product_id":"9781925410488","title":"A Change in the Lighting: Text Classics","description":"When her husband of three decades announces he has a younger lover and wants a divorce, Ella Ferguson realises how protected her life has been—she has ‘seen no evil, heard no evil and spoken no evil’. Alone, enraged, she must come to terms with her failed marriage and her relationships with her adult children. \u003ci\u003eA Change in the Lighting\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy Witting’s third novel, is the compelling story of a woman cast adrift.\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Witting was born in Annandale, an inner suburb of Sydney, in  1918. She attended Sydney University, then taught French and English in  state schools. Beginning late in life she published six novels,  including \u003ci\u003eThe Visit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI for Isobel\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaria’s War\u003c\/i\u003e; two collections of short stories; two books of verse, \u003ci\u003eTravel Diary \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBeauty Is the Straw\u003c\/i\u003e; and her Collected Poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe had numerous poems and short stories published in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eQuadrant \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWitting was awarded the 1993 Patrick White Prize.\u003ci\u003e Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop\u003c\/i\u003e won the \u003ci\u003eAge \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year Award.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmy Witting died in 2001. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A wry and powerful novel of family entanglements.’ \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141181653232,"sku":"9781925410488","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925410488_p0.jpg?v=1763634840","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925410488","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}