{"product_id":"carrying-by-samantha-josephs","title":"Carrying by Samantha Josephs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 28 JAN 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAN AUDACIOUS, INVENTIVE DEBUT AND A CULT CLASSIC IN THE MAKING, FROM A THRILLING NEW TALENT IN FICTION 'CAMPY, EROTIC, PROVOCATIVE AND UTTERLY ESSENTIAL' LUCY ROSE \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A TOTALLY ORIGINAL, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD, HORRIFYING WORK OF ART' MARISA KASHINO 'I COULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT' TOMMY DORFMAN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMartha is a flawless woman. After primping, waxing and maybe a little surgical help, she’s finally become the impeccable housewife she dreamed she’d be, with an adoring husband, a loving stepdaughter and a body to die for. But Martha is so stealth that even her husband has no idea that she’s actually trans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEverything she’s ever wanted, she’s made for herself. But, while pretending to be trying for a baby, even Martha is shocked to find herself pregnant. As her body begins to rapidly transform, and a mysterious chronic illness threatens to upend her existence, she starts a series of experimental treatments and gives in to some new, unsettling cravings … until it looks like her perfect life might crumble around her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEqual parts inventive, funny and compulsive, Carrying mixes the sensational body horror of The Substance with the transgressive camp comedy of John Waters in a style that’s all its own, and announces the arrival of a thrilling new talent in fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback | Publication: 28 Jan 2027, Harper Collins \u003cbr\u003eISBN\u003c\/em\u003e: 9780008789749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 304 pages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57760390283646,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780008789749.jpg?v=1785252027","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/carrying-by-samantha-josephs","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}