{"product_id":"the-first-book-of-calamity-leek-9781250087935","title":"The First Book of Calamity Leek","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWONDERFULLY STRANGE. --Mark Haddon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MASH-UP OF MARGARET ATWOOD AND ROALD DAHL. --Lady Magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beguiling, irresistibly immersive debut novel about sixteen sisters in a walled garden, and what happens to their carefully constructed world when one girl starts asking questions about life outside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen-year-old Calamity Leek and her sisters spend their days tending white roses and memorizing the lessons in Aunty's Appendix, a multi-volume compendium of show tunes, beauty regimens, and twisted creation myths. Calamity knows the Appendix front to back, and she is Aunty's favorite, destined for particular greatness. But when her restless sister Truly Polperro gets too curious about life beyond their Wall of Safekeeping, she cracks Calamity's world wide open. Calamity needs a new book. And she will have to write it herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith formidable imagination and brilliant strangeness, Paula Lichtarowicz's \u003ci\u003eThe First Book of Calamity Leek\u003c\/i\u003e draws on fairytales and doublespeak to tell a story both classic and keenly modern. Calamity, fearless and wrenching, leads us to question the stories we ourselves live by.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flatiron Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250087935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paula Lichtarowicz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41309795909813,"sku":"9781250087935","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_61e920ba-499c-4d55-9bf0-fbf1fc8b3480.jpg?v=1635831980","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-first-book-of-calamity-leek-9781250087935","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}