{"product_id":"2026600000216-secondhand-boomerang","title":"Boomerang","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 3rd ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Poor                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Boards worn with scattered marks, spine faded and cloth lifting, binding shaky; foxing present to preliminaries and throughout the text block, though the text itself reads cleanly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sharp and witty collection of short fiction, Boomerang presents nine stories that chronicle the chaotic, often comic terrain of modern middle-class life in Britain. Helen Simpson trains her incisive eye on the pressures of parenthood, marriage, and the relentless passage of time, illustrating how ordinary domestic moments can crack open to reveal profound anxieties and quiet desperation. Written with elegant economy and a darkly humorous edge, the stories capture characters caught between the demands of the present and the weight of choices made long ago — much like the returning arc of the title's namesake. Simpson's prose is precise and unsparing, delivering emotional truths with the efficiency of a scalpel, making this collection a masterwork of contemporary British short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792249467099,"sku":"2026600000216-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/bf774a6f-48e2-4330-b79c-9e455e1517ee.png?v=1779274048","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000216-secondhand-boomerang","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}