{"product_id":"swallows-by-natsuo-kirino","title":"Swallows by Natsuo Kirino","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 13 AUG 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwenty-nine-year-old Riki is sick of her dead-end job, of struggling to get by ever since she moved to Tokyo from the country. So when someone offers her the chance to become a surrogate in return for a life-changing amount of money, it's hard to turn down. Retired ballet star Motoi and his wife, Yuko, have spent years trying to conceive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Motoi grows increasingly desperate for a child, their last resort is surrogacy; a business transaction, plain and simple. But as they try to exert ever more control over Riki, their contract with her starts to slip through their fingers . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Vibrating with the injustices of class and gender, tradition and power, Swallows is an acerbic vision of contemporary Japan, and of a young woman's fight to preserve her dignity - at any cost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaperback | \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePublication: 13 Aug 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, Canongate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781837263028 | \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 352 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57472751468926,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781837263028.jpg?v=1779881229","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/swallows-by-natsuo-kirino","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}