{"product_id":"9780349700304","title":"Cygnet","description":"WINNER OF THE WRITERS' GUILD FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2020ELLE ONES TO WATCH 2019'Not since Holden Caulfield have I been so captivated by a first-person voice as the one Season Butler creates in Cygnet' Blake Morrison'A bright new voice in literature' Bernardine Evaristo'Terribly moving' China Miéville'A beautiful book, a meander through the fluid anxiety of youth' Uzodinma Iweala'[A] potent debut . . . A strange, promising beginning' Observer The Kid doesn't know where her parents are. They left with a promise to come back months ago, and now their seventeen-year-old daughter is stranded on Swan Island. Swan isn't just any island; it's home to an eccentric old age separatist community who have shunned life on the mainland for a haven which is rapidly sinking into the ocean. The Kid's arrival threatens to burst the idyllic bubble that the elderly residents have so carefully constructed - an unwelcome reminder of the life they left behind, and one they want rid of.Cygnet is the story of a young woman battling against the thrashing waves of loneliness and depression, and how she learns to find hope, laughter and her own voice in a world that's crumbling around her.","brand":"Season Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45761296204094,"sku":"9780349700304","price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780349700304_97464713-1bf4-4c11-952d-886c9d05c8ca.jpg?v=1707244867","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780349700304","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}