{"product_id":"book-18tr","title":"Hideous Kinky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCalled \"\"a near-seamless meshing of family feeling, history and imagination\"\" by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003eand the inspiration for the film starring Kate Winslet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEscaping gray London in 1972, a beautiful, determined mother takes her daughters, aged five and seven, to Morocco in search of adventure, a better life, and maybe love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHideous Kinky\u003c\/em\u003e follows two little English girls - the five-year-old narrator and Bea, her seven-year-old sister - as they struggle to establish some semblance of normal life on a trip to Morocco with their hippie mother, Julia. Once in Marrakech, Julia immerses herself in Sufism and her quest for personal fulfillment, while her daughters rebel - the older by trying to recreate her English life, the younger by turning her hopes for a father on a most unlikely candidate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRediscover this transporting modern classic about the spirit of freedom, filled with the sights, smells and textures of twentieth century Morocco. Shocking and wonderful, \u003cem\u003eHideous Kinky\u003c\/em\u003e is at once melancholy and hopeful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA remarkable debut novel from one of England's finest young writers, \u003cem\u003eHideous Kinky\u003c\/em\u003e was inspired by the author's own experiences as a child. Esther Freud, daughter of the artist Lucian Freud and great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, lived in Marrakech for one and a half years with her older sister Bella and her mother. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":66625379008816,"sku":"ZE18tr","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":66625379041584,"sku":"ZM18tr","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook [BD]","offer_id":66625379074352,"sku":"BD18tr","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/18tr-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779436829","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-18tr","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}