{"product_id":"2026200013839-secondhand-focusing","title":"Focusing","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Some light wear on jacket - very good copy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as an ordinary life quickly unravels into something far more unsettling in Vickery Turner's Focusing, a quietly compelling work of modern fiction published in 1984. The novel draws readers into a world where perception itself becomes the central battleground, charting a protagonist's fraught attempt to find clarity — psychological, emotional, and existential — amid the distractions and distortions of contemporary life.\n\nTurner writes with a precise, understated economy, her prose wielding restraint as a deliberate artistic instrument, allowing tension to accumulate beneath the surface of seemingly mundane events. Focusing is a novel preoccupied with the act of seeing — truly seeing — and asks whether clarity, once achieved, is liberation or burden. For readers who prize introspective fiction that rewards patience, this is a work that lingers long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160966275291,"sku":"2026200013839-SECONDHAND","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/adfd4525-70e4-45c2-89ac-d177274c5880.png?v=1787188524","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013839-secondhand-focusing","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}