{"product_id":"2026600000033-secondhand-picnic-races","title":"Picnic Races","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing         ,          price clipped\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA work of Australian fiction by celebrated novelist Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races chronicles the social dynamics and personal dramas that unfold around one of Australia's most beloved rural traditions — the country picnic race meeting. Set against the vivid backdrop of the Australian outback, the novel presents a cast of richly drawn characters whose ambitions, rivalries, and romances are laid bare over the course of a single, charged event. Cusack writes with her trademark sharp wit and keen social observation, using the festive atmosphere of the races as a lens through which she illuminates the class tensions, gender expectations, and community pressures of mid-twentieth-century Australian life. The result is a warm yet incisive portrait of a society in which appearances are carefully maintained and secrets are never far from the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810608525531,"sku":"2026600000033-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8c9e7137-0bc3-4396-9c24-4d4f3b157a61.png?v=1779805868","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000033-secondhand-picnic-races","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}