{"product_id":"monkey-grip","title":"Monkey Grip","description":"An elegant hardback edition of the novel that launched Helen Garner's career\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen Garner's gritty, lyrical first novel divided the critics on its publication in 1977. Today, \u003ci\u003eMonkey Grip\u003c\/i\u003e is regarded as a masterpiece-the novel that shines a light on a time and a place and a way of living never before presented in Australian literature: communal households, music, friendships, children, love, drugs, and sex.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Nora falls in love with Javo, she is caught in the web of his addiction; and as he moves between loving her and leaving, between his need for her and promises broken, Nora's life becomes an intense dance of loving and trying to let go.","brand":"Helen Garner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516785131581,"sku":null,"price":28.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925773156.jpg?v=1787572936","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/monkey-grip","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}