{"product_id":"little-scratch-tpb-w2","title":"Rebecca Watson: little scratch: Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2021 [2021] paperback","description":"**Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2021**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**An Observer 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An extremely perceptive depiction of power and agency.' Guardian\u003cbr\u003e'Startlingly original.' VOGUE\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary.' New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elittle scratch tells the story of a day in the life of an unnamed woman, living in a lower-case world of demarcated fridge shelves and office politics; clock-watching and WhatsApp notifications. In a voice that is fiercely wry, touchingly delicate and increasingly neurotic, the protagonist relays what it takes to get through the quotidian detail of that single trajectory - from morning to night - while processing recent sexual violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elittle scratch is about the coexistence of monotony with our waking, intelligent lives. It is a powerful evocation of how the external and internal aspects of our lives exist in a helix, and what it means to live out the course of a single day consumed by trauma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wry, funny and heartbreaking.' Sophie Mackintosh\u003cbr\u003e'little scratch is a story that is urgent. It is a story that needs to be told.' Meena Kandasamy\u003cbr\u003e'Reads like the cinders settling in the air after an explosion... daring and completely readable.' Colin Barrett\u003cbr\u003e'little scratch is a little miracle... impossible to read it and not wish there were more books like it.' Alan Trotter\u003cbr\u003e'Confident and vital... little scratch is an absolute gift.' Naoise Dolan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewww.rebeccawatson.co.uk","brand":"Watson, Rebecca","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44318524277026,"sku":"9780571356584","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47395027681619,"sku":"XV80571356584","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/watson-rebecca-rebecca-watson-little-scratch-shortlisted-for-the-desmond-elliott-prize-2021-2021-paperback-53222767264083.jpg?v=1701611416","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/little-scratch-tpb-w2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}