{"product_id":"one-hundred-days-pb","title":"ONE HUNDRED DAYS PB","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs8130CDB{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;} .cs47DB3EB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:italic;Segoe UI;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .csDF76FDB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs8130CDB\"\u003eFrom one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a mother-daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs8130CDB\"\u003eShortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs47DB3EB\"\u003eOne hundred days. It's no time at all, she tells me. But she's not the one waiting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a heady whirlwind of independence, lust and defiance, sixteen-year-old Karuna falls pregnant. Not on purpose, but not entirely by accident, either. Incensed, Karuna's mother, already over-protective, confines her to their fourteenth-storey housing-commission flat, to keep her safe from the outside world - and make sure she can't get into any more trouble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuck inside for endless hours, Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life, as a new life forms and grows within her. As the due date draws ever closer, the question of who will get to raise the baby - who it will call Mum - festers between them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs47DB3EB\"\u003eOne Hundred Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003e is a fractured fairytale exploring the fault lines between love and control. At times tense and claustrophobic, it is nevertheless brimming with humour, warmth and character. It is a magnificent new work from one of Australia's most celebrated writers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books N Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49967364276464,"sku":"9781760646394","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1855\/5830\/files\/9781760646394_1.jpg?v=1783052844","url":"https:\/\/booksngifts.com.au\/products\/one-hundred-days-pb","provider":"Books N Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}