{"product_id":"sorry-book-associate-gail-jones-9781933372556","title":"Sorry","description":"Jones's writing is fluid and memorable . . . the story proves powerful and poignant.--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSorry\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the remote outback of Western Australia during World War I, where an English anthropologist and his wife raise a lonely child, Perdita. Her upbringing is far from ordinary: in a shack in the wilderness, with a self-absorbed father burying himself in books and an unstable mother whose obsession with Shakespeare forms the backbone of the girl's limited education. \u003cbr\u003e Emotionally adrift, Perdita becomes friends with a deaf-mute boy, Billy, and a forsaken Aboriginal girl, Mary. Perdita and Mary come to call one another sister and to share a profound bond. The three misfit children are content with each other and their life in this distant corner of the world, until a terrible event lays waste to their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through this compelling story of Perdita's childhood, Gail Jones explores the values of friendship, loyalty, and sacrifice with a brilliance that has earned her numerous accolades.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52979341852945,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52979342115089,"sku":"CIN1933372559G","price":5.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781933372556.jpg?v=1767018276","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/sorry-book-associate-gail-jones-9781933372556","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}