{"product_id":"the-iron-woman-by-ted-hughes","title":"'The Iron Woman' by Ted Hughes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-34\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\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\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-34\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-34\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-200\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--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 data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"da6917a3-c65e-4462-b9c9-bdb7d69509d1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" 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=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"1041\"\u003eA sequel to \u003cem data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"675\"\u003eThe Iron Man\u003c\/em\u003e, Ted Hughes’ \u003cem data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"705\"\u003eThe Iron Woman\u003c\/em\u003e returns to the mythic-industrial landscape of his earlier children’s classic, but this time the machine-body rises from polluted water rather than fallen metal.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"1041\"\u003eLucy finds herself drawn toward a vast figure emerging from the marshes: a woman of iron, mud, rage and warning, awakened by the poisoning of the earth’s rivers and wetlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1519\"\u003eWhere \u003cem data-start=\"1049\" data-end=\"1063\"\u003eThe Iron Man\u003c\/em\u003e turns on fear, appetite and cosmic threat, \u003cem data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1123\"\u003eThe Iron Woman\u003c\/em\u003e is sharper, stranger and more openly ecological. Hughes writes it as a fable of contamination and revenge, full of waste, sludge, animal intelligence and apocalyptic weather. It is still technically a children’s book, but in the way old children’s books often are: half moral tale, half nightmare, not especially interested in reassuring anyone that civilisation has the situation under control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"1948\"\u003eThis Faber hardback edition is illustrated by Andrew Davidson, whose black-and-white engravings give the book a proper myth-object quality: otters, armour, riverbanks, machinery, darkness, all rendered with the menace of something dredged from a poisoned dream. A great one for Hughes readers, collectors of illustrated children’s books, environmental fiction people, and anyone who likes their fables with mud under the nails.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1970\" data-end=\"2274\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Faber hardback edition, 1993, with dust jacket. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. Some light rubbing, creasing and shelf wear to jacket edges and corners, with minor marks visible; internally clean from the photos, binding appears sound. A very good, highly presentable copy.\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44802666233939,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-29T183844.979.png?v=1780044002","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-iron-woman-by-ted-hughes","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}