{"product_id":"the-settlements","title":"The Settlements","description":"\u003cp\u003eO. Jamie Walsh, The Settlements, French Flaps 252 pp.,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in a community where people live according to their creative drives, this “endlessly surprising novel” embodies the philosophy that life is not a narrative with a beginning, a middle and an end. Challenging, experimental, yet also human, funny and deeply moving, The Settlements is about finding worth in stories and lives cast off or considered of no use; a book about the possibility and randomness of human growth; and ultimately a (curious) love story for those who are misfits beyond the age when it is cool to be so—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In my role as omissioner, I receive summonses from all over the settlements. My function is to offer an ear, a valve for the bleeding of grief or worry or simply unspent chat, and to do this well I must adapt myself to those who live in different settlements. Anyone can call me. It costs nothing, and I offer no advice: all an omissioner does is listen, finding worth in words that would otherwise remain unspoken or forgotten.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broodcomb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58441452454232,"sku":"LIT119","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/0340\/7448\/files\/TheSettlements_1.jpg?v=1789068771","url":"https:\/\/iglootree.com\/products\/the-settlements","provider":"Iglootree","version":"1.0","type":"link"}