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With a foreword by Somerset Maugham Prize winner Mark Blayney and Judge's Report by Dylan Thomas Prize winner Rachel Trezise.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49656701845777,"sku":"GOR007386217","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1910901059.jpg?v=1751061834"},{"product_id":"made-in-roath-volume-one-book-christina-thatcher-9781904958468","title":"Made in Roath, Volume One","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51212705595665,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51212707332369,"sku":"NIN9781904958468","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/190495846X.jpg?v=1751124161"},{"product_id":"breaking-a-mare-book-christina-thatcher-9781917140249","title":"Breaking a Mare","description":"Breaking a Mare is an investigation of silence, goodness and  girlhood. 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This book offers a unique perspective for readers (i.e. the intersection of farm life, horse riding, rodeo, womanhood and ecological awareness); an authentic voice (i.e. as a poet and academic with experience of riding and farm life); and a feminist approach, investing girlhood, goodness, women's work and silence.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51631818113297,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51631818277137,"sku":"NGR9781917140249","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51631818309905,"sku":"GOR014307890","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52508344779025,"sku":"NIN9781917140249","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53549086769425,"sku":"GOR014958006","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/191714024X.jpg?v=1772877952"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-christina-thatcher.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}