{"product_id":"wellness","title":"Wellness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best book I've read all year' - Elizabeth Day, author of \u003ci\u003eMagpie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An immersive, multi-layered portrait of a marriage . . . a work of quiet genius' - \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn Oprah's Book Club Pick.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Moving from the gritty 90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home renovation hysteria, \u003ci\u003eWellness\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking exploration of intimacy, identity, and the absurdities of our tech-obsessed health culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the 90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicago's thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to painful childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nix\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWellness\u003c\/i\u003e mines the absurdities of modern technology and modern love to reveal profound, startling truths about intimacy and connection, reimagining the love story with healthy doses of insight, irony and heart.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'The incredible scope of this dazzlingly detailed state-of-the-nation satire almost defies description . . . Brilliant doesn't begin to describe it, but I'll say it anyway' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'I doubt I'll enjoy many books this year as much as \u003ci\u003eWellness\u003c\/i\u003e' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48362778820791,"sku":"9781035008360","price":199.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/0585\/8999\/files\/13604363482556.jpg?v=1777536097","url":"https:\/\/bargain-books-3052.myshopify.com\/products\/wellness","provider":"Bargain Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}