{"product_id":"9781921924873-secondhand-on-brunswick-ground","title":"On Brunswick Ground","description":"A\nfresh and sparkling book that strikes deep notes as it flows along.' Helen\nGarner 'Like the suburb it depicts,  On Brunswick Ground  teems with lives at once familiar and strange, all beautifully lit by the glint and warmth of Saint Phalle's prose. Shadowed by local tragedy, we come to care for these characters as much as they care for each other; with wry humour and in unexpected ways.' Roger Averill \n In\nthe Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, a female narrator, who remains unnamed is\ntrying to come to terms with the absence of Jack, the man she loves. In a bar\nshe meets Bernice, a radio personality, in her late thirties and flirting with\nIVF. Finding a job as a gardener, she discovers that her co-worker, Mitali, has\nan unresolved mourning that attracts other deaths into its orbit. Later on, she\nbefriends the resolutely mysterious bar owner, Sarah, and her daughter, Mary,\nwho has, for potent (and as yet unrevealed) reasons, converted to Islam and\ndonned a burqa. \n The\nlives of these women are characterised by love and loss, and are woven together\nby their shared grieving at the senseless murder of Jill Meagher. \n On\nBrunswick Ground  traverses the world of longing, grief\nand personal loss with an assured and literary touch. It is a novel that is\nalso heart-warming, and affirming. Catherine de Saint Phalle truly understands\nthe surprising ways in which tragedy and loss can tighten the bonds of\nfriendship and of a community.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50758683885787,"sku":"9781921924873-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/74534e9a-6c85-4e4c-825f-c972c931f90a.jpg?v=1792158734","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781921924873-secondhand-on-brunswick-ground","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}