{"product_id":"9780349007298","title":"The Heart Goes Last","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Atwood, Margaret, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/08\/2016,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 432 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Virago Press Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Little, Brown Book Group,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780349007298\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of economic and social collapse. Living in their car, surviving on tips from Charmaine's job at a dive bar, they're increasingly vulnerable to roving gangs and in a rather desperate state. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when they see an advertisement for the Positron Project in the town of Consilience - a 'social experiment' offering stable jobs and a home of their own - they sign up immediately.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll they have to do in return for this suburban paradise is give up their freedom every second month, swapping their home for a prison cell. At first, all is well. But slowly, unknown to the other, Stan and Charmaine develop a passionate obsession with their counterparts, the couple that occupy their home when they are in prison.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoon the pressures of conformity, mistrust, guilt and sexual desire take over, and Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022755496089,"sku":"9780349007298","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780349007298.jpg?v=1602536745","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780349007298","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}