{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9798217047383","title":"The Natural Way of Things A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Charlotte Wood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Penguin Group, 2026-03-10\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;The prescient feminist fable and international classic described as \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;“\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Handmaid’s Tale \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;for our age” (\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Economist), \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;from the Booker-shortlisted author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Stone Yard Devotional\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;When the women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a broken-down property in the middle of a desert, they have no idea where they are or how they came to be there. Doing hard labor under a sweltering sun, guarded by two inept yet vicious jailers, the prisoners soon learn what links them: in each woman's past is a sexual scandal with a powerful man. They pray for rescue but as the hours turn into days and the days into weeks and months, it becomes clear that the women must rescue themselves.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Originally published in 2016 and ever more relevant upon its 10th anniversary, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Natural Way of Things\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is a lucid and illusory fable and a brilliantly plotted novel of ideas that reminds us of humankind's own vast contradictions—the capacity for savagery, selfishness, resilience, and redemption all contained by a single, vulnerable body.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081569648809,"sku":"PHBK-9798217047383","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/5131373488674.jpg?v=1779378728","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9798217047383","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}