{"product_id":"the-innocence-of-roast-chicken","title":"The Innocence of Roast Chicken","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter an idyllic childhood and magical holidays on her grandparents' chicken farm, the conundrum is why Kate, now married to Joe, a human rights' lawyer, is so cynical, closed and rigidly unforgiving.Kate's unrelenting attitude, combined with Joe's loss of faith in his ability to promote change, precipitates a bitter and painful confrontation. The necessary expiation reveals a child's loss, a child's feelings of impotence, a child's anguish at her failure to pre-empt harm.Kate's salvation is painful, evocative, beautifully drawn and utterly absorbing. Praise for The Innocence of Roast ChickenJo-Anne Richards has the writer's eye, that natural ability to sniff out the telling detail and the right word. She is a delight to savour - one of the freshest voices to emerge from South African literature in years - Peter Godwin, author of MukiwaA rapturous and tactile evocation of dust, food, noises and a childhood domain, rendered with a marked empathy for the child and the magical properties of a child's stamping ground. Elizabeth Buchan, The Times (UK)Jo-Anne Richards displays a wonderful feeling for place and period . . . her prose is sharply evocative, and she conjures up the child's powerful feelings with a vividness intensified by nostalgia. - Margaret Walters, The Sunday Times (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Farm life, South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780747255208\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Richards, Jo-Anne","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £4.86","offer_id":48027944550577,"sku":"SB-0747255202-C4","price":4.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0747255202.jpg?v=1791940026","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-innocence-of-roast-chicken","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}