{"product_id":"9780008766108","title":"Lack","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Cecilia Knapp\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 May 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e223 x 145 x 28 | 380g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Cecilia Knapp beautifully captures the experience of contemporary womanhood in this lyrical and insightful novel. A genuine triumph' ELIZA CLARK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Poignant to the bone. Lack is both masterfully, poetically complex and beautifully easy to read' GEMMA CAIRNEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In the quiet, lonely hours of the middle of the night, a woman scrolls social media on her phone. Babies are everywhere. All her friends seem to have one. But she is full of doubt – just the creep sniffing at the window. How can she consider the enormity of new life when the world outside is burning?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Besides, there’s something wrong in her body. She can feel it: pain, a constant dull ache she is too frightened to investigate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And then there’s something darker, pulsing beneath the surface, threatening to catch up with her. Hers is a life deeply affected by grief and chaos; the death of her mother, a long buried sexual assault, and a drawn-out affair with a married actor of middling fame and maximum ego – full of glamour, hedonism, obsession and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Is it possible to rebuild, when all you feel is lack?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ––-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A stunning poet and an equally gorgeous storyteller. I love everything Cecilia Knapp writes' HOLLIE MCNISH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Cecilia Knapp is a great writer. I love her' KAE TEMPEST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'I really love Cecilia’s writing. It's sharp. Cuts to the quick. And offers my favourite thing, a real insight into the minds of women and all the things we don't often get to say out loud' SALMA EL-WARDANY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'As acute and relatable a portrait of modern life as a thirty-something woman as you wish for […] Utterly authentic' DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57094836748663,"sku":"9780008766108","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008766108.jpg?v=1778842221","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780008766108","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}