{"product_id":"hurricanes-in-perfect-power-tales-of-modern-motherhood-hardcover","title":"Hurricanes in Perfect Power: Tales of Modern Motherhood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVarious\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning new collection of short stories about motherhood, selected and introduced by Candice Brathwaite.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e______________ \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colours of a rainbow' MAYA ANGELOU \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of motherhood is an endlessly rich one: it's one of love - and all the highs and lows that come with that world-turning emotion - and, in the purest sense, of life itself. Within these pages, some of the finest writers in the world explore motherhood in wildly varying modes, from single parenthood to sisters coparenting, from the deepest hardships to the biggest celebrations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected and introduced by Candice Brathwaite, author of \u003ci\u003eI Am Not Your Baby Mother\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStories by\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Davis, Anita Desai, Mary Gaitskill, Tessa Hadley, Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Irenosen Okojie, Casey Plett, Tabitha Siklos, Helen Simpson, Ali Smith\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCandice Brathwaite is the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI Am Not Your Baby Mother\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eGrazia \u003c\/i\u003eand a presenter on \u003ci\u003eLorraine\u003c\/i\u003e, and her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMetro \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the founder of Make Motherhood Diverse - an online initiative that aims to ensure many more mothers see themselves reflected online - and a hugely popular influencer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCandice Brathwaite is the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI Am Not Your Baby Mother\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eGrazia \u003c\/i\u003eand a presenter on \u003ci\u003eLorraine\u003c\/i\u003e, and her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMetro \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the founder of Make Motherhood Diverse - an online initiative that aims to ensure many more mothers see themselves reflected online - and a hugely popular influencer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. She was the author of many novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize for her fiction and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honour, in 2012 by Barack Obama. Toni Morrison died on 5 August 2019 at the age of eighty-eight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTessa Hadley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight highly praised novels, \u003ci\u003eAccidents in the Home\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award, \u003ci\u003eEverything Will Be All Right\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Master Bedroom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe London\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrain, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eClever Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Past\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLate in the Day, Free Love \u003c\/i\u003eand three collections of stories, \u003ci\u003eSunstroke\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarried Love \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBad Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. She won the Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction in 2016, \u003ci\u003eThe Past \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Hawthornden Prize for 2016, and \u003ci\u003eBad Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2018 Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Her stories appear regularly in the \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYorker\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Simpson's \u003c\/b\u003esixth short-story collection, \u003ci\u003eCockfosters\u003c\/i\u003e, follows \u003ci\u003eFour Bare Legs in a Bed\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eDear George\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eHey Yeah Right Get a Life \u003c\/i\u003e(2000), \u003ci\u003eConstitutional \u003c\/i\u003e(2005) and \u003ci\u003eIn-Flight Entertainment\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). \u003ci\u003eA Bunch of Fives: Selected Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) includes five stories from each of her first five collections. She has received the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. She lives in London.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 7.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45615377645612,"sku":"9781784878313","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/hurricanes-in-perfect-power-tales-of-modern-motherhood-hardcover","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}