{"product_id":"the-grass-hotel","title":"The Grass Hotel","description":"Short and sharp, savage yet tender, and written with a poet's touch-a bittersweet portrait of mother and son by an award-winning Australian novelist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarry me, son. Do not leave me behind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre you listening to me?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf course you're listening, you say, and add the F-word. Off you go to cope with a storm. Lucerne armfuls for horses. For cows, plain hay.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlone in the paddocks of his grass hotel a man tends to his beloved horses, Socks and Boy. The voice of his mother-accusatory, fragmenting from dementia-haunts his every move, an excoriating reminder of his failures in the world of people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Grass Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of damage and repair, of familial obligation and the resentments it can cause. It is also about the profound comfort that a connection with animals can offer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its extraordinary use of language, Craig Sherborne's novel is by turns savage and tender, raw and poetic: a small masterpiece.","brand":"Craig Sherborne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516747776061,"sku":null,"price":28.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781922458353.jpg?v=1787571319","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-grass-hotel","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}