{"product_id":"cardiff-by-the-sea","title":"Cardiff, by the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of \u003ci\u003eBLONDE\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major motion picture, come four psychologically daring and chillingly suspenseful stories where women face threats both past and present.A Pennsylvania academic unearths a terrifying trauma from her past after inheriting a house in Cardiff, Maine from a stranger. A lonely pubescent girl befriends a feral cat that protects her from the increasingly aggressive men that surround her.A brilliant but shy college sophomore realizes she is pregnant and, distraught, allows a distinguished visiting professor to take her under his wing. And a widower remarries, but finds his young bride haunted by his dead wife's voice dancing in the wind.\u003cb\u003e'A stylish, suspenseful quartet of novellas tinged with the supernatural.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for Joyce Carol Oates:\u003c\/b\u003e'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 'Both haunting and sublime.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 'Splendidly chilling.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Suspense fiction, American\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Head of Zeus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781800241398\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oates, Joyce Carol","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £8.76","offer_id":48028006777009,"sku":"SB-1800241399-C3","price":8.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1800241399.jpg?v=1791939191","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/cardiff-by-the-sea","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}