{"product_id":"9781529964394-beautyland","title":"Beautyland","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Guardian, NYT and TIME best book of the year, Beautyland is the best of cosy crossover literary fiction - a wise and tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the best books I have read this year' KALIANE BRADLEY, Guardian\u003cbr\u003e'A perfect little polished garnet of a novel' New York Times\u003cbr\u003e'Beautyland is a miracle. I'll be rereading it forever' KAVEH AKBAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Adina- a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times, a companion to anyone who has ever felt homesick at home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn at the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space, Adina is a baby of unusual perception. Tiny and jaundiced, she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognises she is different, not least because of her strange knowledge of a faraway planet. When a fax machine arrives at home, her suspicions are confirmed- it allows her to communicate with her extraterrestrial relatives, who have sent her to report on the oddities of Earthlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Adina makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and delights of their existence. Then, at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges her to share her observations with the world. Is there a chance there are others like her out there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautyland is a shyly joyful novel about real life on our planet, the challenge of knowing ourselves and the miracle of finding our people in this vast universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful and hilarious and transcendent . . . Bertino is an other-worldly talent' TOMMY ORANGE\u003cbr\u003e'A book that I will recommend to people for the rest of my life' DAKOTA JOHNSON\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43348070760584,"sku":"9781529964394","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0371\/3443\/4440\/files\/beautyland-9781529964394-564222.jpg?v=1741406660","url":"https:\/\/littlelostbookshop.com.au\/products\/9781529964394-beautyland","provider":"The Little Lost Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}