{"product_id":"the-natural-way-of-things-charlotte-wood-paperback","title":"The Natural Way of Things -- Charlotte Wood, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"A rare kind of writer and a formidable one.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wood inserts the reader straight into the jaws of her story, never relenting until the devastating end. If you raced through\u003ci\u003e I Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and are looking for something with the same bite, this book belongs on your TBR.\"\u003ci\u003e --Marie Claire\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e\n\nThe prescient feminist fable and international classic described as \"\u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003efor our age\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Economist), \u003c\/i\u003efrom the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eStone Yard Devotional\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 2016 and ever more relevant upon its 10th anniversary, \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Charlotte Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.89\" H x 6.46\" L x 0.95\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798217047383\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52674017820971,"sku":"9798217047383","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9798217047383_d8ca4e6e-d0d5-4feb-9737-8f4c000a5ecd.jpg?v=1780338338","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-natural-way-of-things-charlotte-wood-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}