{"product_id":"cost-of-lunch-etc","title":"Cost of Lunch, Etc.","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarge Piercy’s debut collection of short stories, The Cost of Lunch, Etc., brings us glimpses into the lives of everyday women moving through and making sense of their daily internal and external worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeeping to the engaging, accessible language of Piercy’s novels, the collection spans decades of her writing along with a range of locations, ages, and emotional states of her protagonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the first-person account of hoarding (“Saving Mother from Herself”) to a girl’s narrative of sexual and spiritual discovery (“Going over Jordan”) to a recount of a past love affair (“The Easy Arrangement”) each story is a tangible, vivid snapshot in a varied and subtly curated gallery of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether grappling with death, familial relationships, friendship, sex, illness, or religion, Piercy’s writing is as passionate, lucid, insightful, and thoughtfully alive as ever. The paperback edition contains two additional short stories and a new introduction from the author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marge Piercy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46863852142761,"sku":"9781629631257","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781629631257.jpg?v=1773193461","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/cost-of-lunch-etc","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}