{"product_id":"lost-lambs","title":"Lost Lambs","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe funny and compassionate new literary novel that turns family dysfunction into an art form.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Goes off like a firework\u003cb\u003e. As sincere as it is funny (and it's very funny)'\u003c\/b\u003e Ramona Ausubel, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Animal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA voice like no other...\u003c\/b\u003e will shift the way you see the family and community into something operatic, strange and profound.' Lena Dunham, award-winning writer, director and creator of comedy-drama \u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flynns are not alright.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's been disastrous since Bud and Catherine opened up their marriage, and none of the Flynns can remember the last time a meal was cooked, a load of laundry done, or a social code abided by.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Their daughters spiral in their own chaotic orbits- Abigail, the eldest, is dating a man in his twenties nicknamed War Crime Wes; Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist; the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someone - or something - is monitoring the town's citizens.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Casting a shadow across their lives, and their small coastal town, is Paul Alabaster, a nefarious local billionaire. Rumours of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with Alabaster's machinations sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy - one that may just, finally, bring them closer together.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRippling with humour, warmth and style, \u003ci\u003eLost Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e offers a stunning portrait of the perverse pleasures and perils of our most intimate reality- our family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eLost Lambs-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A great, great American novel'\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Hunt, Women's Prize Shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A dazzling and singular new voice in literary fiction\u003c\/b\u003e... Loud, hilarious, shocking, and sensitive' Megan Nolan, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Human Failings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'With a big surge of energy, \u003ci\u003eLost Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003esplits the nucleus of the American family'\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Tulathimutte, author of \u003ci\u003eRejection\u003c\/i\u003e - National Book Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Madeline Cash is \u003cb\u003ea humourist in the darkly humanist tradition of George Saunders and Lorrie Moore, of Vonnegut and Twain'\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Kreider, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Learn Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Immersive and propulsive and I never wanted it to end\u003c\/b\u003e. I can't remember the last time a novel made me laugh so hard or feel so much tenderness for its characters... \u003cb\u003eI loved it. I devoured it'\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Jamison, author of \u003ci\u003eSplinters\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48267301814521,"sku":"9781529946130","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/4535\/6025\/files\/19883023482732.jpg?v=1775700525","url":"https:\/\/www.atticusbooksandart.com.au\/products\/lost-lambs","provider":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}