{"product_id":"9780330511803","title":"Why Don't You Stop Talking","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kay, Jackie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 March 2011 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 17 | 212g\u003cp\u003e‘A stunner. I am heartbroken to have finished it’ Ali Smith In Jackie Kay’s first collection of stories, ordinary lives are transformed by secrets. Her world might seem familiar – sex, death and family cast long shadows – but the roles of mothers, daughters and lovers are imagined and revealed in the most surprising of ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sometimes it is the things that we choose to hide within ourselves which can transform us – and that has never been more true than in Jackie Kay’s warm, exuberant storytelling. She sees the extraordinary in everyday life, and lights it up with humour and generosity in a way that is uniquely her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘If stories like these can still be written, the short story form must still be alive, not to say kicking’ Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kay, Jackie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465477623992,"sku":"9780330511803","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780330511803.jpg?v=1734739634","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780330511803","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}