{"product_id":"close-company-stories-of-mothers-and-daughters-edited-by-christine-park-and-caroline-heaton","title":"'Close Company: Stories of Mothers and Daughters' edited by Christine Park and Caroline Heaton","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LR5Y_W_content markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eClose Company\u003c\/em\u003e is a gathering of short fiction about one of literature’s most complicated relationships. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eEdited by Christine Park and Caroline Heaton, the anthology moves across generations and cultures, assembling stories in which the maternal bond appears by turns sustaining, coercive, bewildering, comic and impossible to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eColette, Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson, Jamaica Kincaid, Alice Walker, Sylvia Plath, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Janet Frame, Alice Munro, Ama Ata Aidoo, Katherine Mansfield, Jane Gardam, Fay Weldon, Fay Zwicky and others. Read together, the stories make the collection of what daughters inherit, what mothers project, and what happens when love is inseparable from expectation. A particularly good Virago anthology from the period, balancing canonical writers with less frequently collected voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirago Press, London, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Light shelf and edge wear to covers, with mild age-toning to pages. Internally clean and unmarked; binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46364762996819,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-18T184213.622.png?v=1789721043","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/close-company-stories-of-mothers-and-daughters-edited-by-christine-park-and-caroline-heaton","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}