{"product_id":"9798217047383","title":"The Natural Way of Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe prescient feminist fable and international classic described as “\u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale \u003c\/i\u003efor our age” (\u003ci\u003eThe Economist), \u003c\/i\u003efrom the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eStone Yard Devotional\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen the women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a broken-down property in the middle of a desert, they have no idea where they are or how they came to be there. Doing hard labor under a sweltering sun, guarded by two inept yet vicious jailers, the prisoners soon learn what links them: in each woman's past is a sexual scandal with a powerful man. They pray for rescue but as the hours turn into days and the days into weeks and months, it becomes clear that the women must rescue themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 2016 and ever more relevant upon its 10th anniversary, \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e is a lucid and illusory fable and a brilliantly plotted novel of ideas that reminds us of humankind's own vast contradictions—the capacity for savagery, selfishness, resilience, and redemption all contained by a single, vulnerable body.","brand":"Charlotte Wood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47682012807424,"sku":"9798217047383","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/8272\/2048\/files\/BNCImageAPI_51809f7a-f1f3-4b90-be4f-58873787cec6.jpg?v=1770839423","url":"https:\/\/thebookloftstjacobs.com\/products\/9798217047383","provider":"The Book Loft St. Jacobs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}