{"product_id":"novel-about-my-wife-emily-perkins-9781526693587","title":"Novel About My Wife by Emily Perkins (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRejacketed edition of the darkly gripping novel by the Ockham Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLioness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tom Stone is madly in love with his wife Ann. Pushing forty and expecting their first child, they buy a semi-derelict house in Hackney. Despite their spiralling money troubles, they believe this is their settled future. But Ann becomes convinced she's being shadowed by a homeless man whose presence seems like a terrible omen. As their child grows, Ann's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, feverish and disturbed. On the verge of losing everything, Tom makes a decision that he hopes will save their lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNovel About My Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is a taut, sensuous and chilling portrait of a marriage beset by paranoia and obsession.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEmily Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a prize-winning collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eNot Her Real Name\u003c\/i\u003e, and four novels, including \u003ci\u003eNovel About My Wife\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the NZ Book Award and the Believer Magazine Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eThe Forrests\u003c\/i\u003e (longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction) and \u003ci\u003eLioness\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Ockham NZ Prize for Fiction).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54991785361751,"sku":"9781526693587","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9781526693587_3b1492a2-bb21-45da-af8c-d2cb7e2887be.jpg?v=1789162714","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/novel-about-my-wife-emily-perkins-9781526693587","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}