{"product_id":"9781529077223","title":"A Manual for Cleaning Women : Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrating Fifty Years of Picador BooksThe world just goes along. Nothing much matters, you know? I mean really matters. but then sometimes, just for a second, you get this grace, this belief that it does matter, a whole lot.   With an introduction from Lydia DavisLucia Berlin's stories in A Manual for Cleaning Women make for one of the most remarkable unsung collections in twentieth-century American fiction.    With extraordinary honesty and magnetism, Lucia Berlin invites us into her rich, itinerant life: the drink and the mess and the pain and the beauty and the moments of surprise and of grace, with a voice is witty, anarchic, compassionate, and completely unique.    Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45457772282077,"sku":"9781529077223","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781529077223.jpg?v=1719935810","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529077223","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}