{"product_id":"2026600002996-secondhand-foxybaby","title":"Foxybaby","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA darkly comic work of Australian literary fiction, Foxybaby chronicles a surreal summer school for weight loss at a remote retreat, where an eccentric creative writing teacher named Miss Alma Porch finds herself entangled in the strange lives of her equally peculiar students. Elizabeth Jolley masterfully blurs the boundaries between reality and imagination, weaving together the manuscripts her students produce with the increasingly bizarre events unfolding around them. The novel presents a layered, metafictional narrative that is at once absurdist and deeply human, illuminating themes of loneliness, desire, self-deception, and the redemptive — if unreliable — power of storytelling. Jolley's prose carries her signature wry wit and unsettling warmth, drawing readers into a world where the grotesque and the tender coexist with remarkable ease. Winner of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, Foxybaby stands as a bold and inventive example of Jolley's singular voice in contemporary Australian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810592338139,"sku":"2026600002996-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/164b8521-4fc4-4c0a-a643-8b0dd3f00b9b.png?v=1779805688","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600002996-secondhand-foxybaby","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}