{"product_id":"the-thinning-paperback-by-inga-simpson","title":"The Thinning Paperback by Inga Simpson","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-06-02)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e288\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781636142944\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e317.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.86 x 15.24 x 1.8\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn eclipse is coming, and with it, a young woman’s one chance to save the world, in this gripping speculative environmental thriller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Stunningly wrought . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Thinning\u003c\/i\u003e moves with the compressed momentum of a thriller toward a spectacular climax.\" —\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heart-racing . . . [An] emotive tour de force.\" —\u003ci\u003eAustralian Women’s Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A spine-tingling literary thriller that will keep you racing to the end. \u003ci\u003eThe Thinning\u003c\/i\u003e blurs the lines between animal, human, and adaptation, and provides a gripping glimpse of our possible future through a fascinating astrological lens. An emotional tribute to the natural world. Moving. Urgent. Beautifully written.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n—Karen Viggers, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orchardist’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFIN GREW UP BY AN OBSERVATORY\u003c\/b\u003e, learning about telescopes and planets, inspired by the passions of her mother and father, then leaders in their fields of astrophotography and astronomy. Those days are long over. Now Fin, her mother Dianella, and a band of outliers live deep off the grid, always on amber alert and always ready to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the outside world, things are not good: extinctions and a loss of diversity threaten what’s left of the environment. With a new disaster looming, Fin finds herself thrust into an unlikely partnership with a stranger who has appeared in their camp. Terry is one of a new breed of evolved humans, the Incompletes, who are widely distrusted. But the pair will need to work together during a dangerous journey if they are to play their part in a plan to help restore the natural world—and humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Thinning\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisitely written novel of both nature and urgent psychological suspense. There are echoes of Margaret Atwood in its themes about fertility, and it is also reminiscent of Rumaan Alam’s \u003ci\u003eLeave the World Behind,\u003c\/i\u003e Megan Hunter’s \u003ci\u003eThe End We Start From,\u003c\/i\u003e and Joanne Ramos’s \u003ci\u003eThe Farm.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInga Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e began her career as a professional writer for the Australian government before earning a PhD in creative writing. Her novels \u003ci\u003eMr. Wigg, Where the Trees Were, The Last Woman in the World,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWillowman\u003c\/i\u003e have earned a number of awards and honors in Australia, including the BookPeople Adult Fiction Book of the Year. She was awarded the final Eric Rolls Prize for her nature writing and has obtained a second PhD, exploring the history of Australian nature writers; her own account of her love of Australian nature, \u003ci\u003eUnderstory,\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2017. Simpson lives on the New South Wales southern coast, among trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46495445024929,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781636142944","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781636142944.jpg?v=1780388204","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-thinning-paperback-by-inga-simpson","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}