{"product_id":"9780880016889","title":"Hideous Kinky: A Novel - Freud, Esther","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eHideous Kinky: A Novel\u003c\/u\u003e by Freud, Esther\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Ecco, 1999\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe debut novel from the author of Summer at Gaglow, called \"a near-seamless meshing of family feeling, history and imagination\" by the New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003eEscaping gray London in 1972, a beautiful, determined mother takes her daughters, aged 5 and 7, to Morocco in search of adventure, a better life, and maybe love. Hideous Kinky 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.\u003cbr\u003eShocking and wonderful, Hideous Kinky is at once melancholy and hopeful. A remarkable debut novel from one of England's finest young writers, Hideous Kinky 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. Hideous Kinky is now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet (\"Titanic,\" \"Sense and Sensibility\").\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco, 1999","offers":[{"title":"Hideous Kinky: A Novel \/ Very Good","offer_id":52634175078692,"sku":"9780880016889VG","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_7809aebc-d321-4ba2-a263-84837ffb6a6e.jpg?v=1781792472","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780880016889","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}