{"product_id":"between-a-wolf-and-a-dog-9781761380778","title":"Between a Wolf and a Dog","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2017 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2016 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FICTION BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 STELLA PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF BOOKPEOPLE'S '100 BEST AUSTRALIAN BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Whenever I need reminding of the preciousness of ordinary life I return to this stunning novel of forgiveness and family, which gives clear, beautiful voice to the fierce luck of being alive.'\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEster is a family therapist with an appointment book that catalogues the anxieties of the middle class: loneliness, relationships, death. She spends her days helping others find happiness, but her own family relationships are tense and frayed. Estranged from both her sister, April, and her ex-husband, Lawrence, Ester wants to fall in love again. Meanwhile, April is struggling through her own directionless life; Lawrence's reckless past decisions are catching up with him; and Ester and April's mother, Hilary, is about to make a choice that will profoundly affect them all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking place largely over one rainy day in Sydney, rendered with evocative and powerful prose, the multi-award-winning \u003ci\u003eBetween a Wolf and a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the best in all of us - our capacity to live in the face of ordinary sorrows, and to draw strength from the transformative power of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Blain just gets better and better. The clarity, warmth, and precision of \u003ci\u003eBetween a Wolf and a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e brings to mind the formal beauty of an exquisitely cut gemstone. Blain looks at the big questions - mortality, grief, forgiveness - through the lens of one family's everyday struggle to love each other. This portrait of marriage and work, of sisterhood, mothers, and daughters is resolute and clear-eyed; so commanding and beautifully written it made me cry.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Charlotte Wood, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Heartfelt, wise, and emotionally intelligent, \u003ci\u003eBetween a Wolf and a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully tender exploration of the complications of family love, self-knowledge, and the struggle for forgiveness.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Gail Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eA Guide to Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eBetween a Wolf and a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegantly told story describing the ambiguities within human relationships. Each evening, when my children slept, I would enter the world of this book - coming to know a flawed, courageous, and creative family of characters, as they struggled to be good, to be whole, and finally, to let go.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Sofie Laguna, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Georgia Blain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516612280381,"sku":null,"price":23.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781761380778.jpg?v=1787563492","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/between-a-wolf-and-a-dog-9781761380778","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}