{"product_id":"what-a-shame-by-abigail-bergstrom","title":"What a Shame By Abigail Bergstrom","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith blistering humour reminiscent of Emma Jane Unsworth and the raw vulnerability of I May Destroy You, What a Shame offers a powerful reading experience like no other - a book about female shame that will resonate with any woman who has tackled the beauty and the pain of having to come to terms with herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Absorbing and clever, I fell in love with Mathilda'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCathy Rentzenbrink\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A glorious new talent has arrived'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmma Gannon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Full of heart, wit and feeling'\u003cbr\u003eCaroline O'Donoghue 'Fizzes with energy, rage and love'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Moor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A sterling debut . . . Mathilda's chilling but ultimately redemptive story will stay with me'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura Jane Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe idea of a curse was divisive, but the assertion that I had, for some time now, been 'laden with something dark' was disconcertingly unanimous.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI wondered if this was something you also saw in me, if that was why you lef\u003c\/strong\u003et.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is something wrong with Mathilda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe's still reeling from the blow of a gut-punch break up and grieving the death of a loved one.\u003cbr\u003eBut that's not it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe's cried all her tears, mastered her crow pose and thrown out every last reminder of him.\u003cbr\u003eBut that's not helping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConcerned that she isn't moving on, Mathilda's friends push her towards a series of increasingly unorthodox remedies.\u003cbr\u003eUntil the seams of herself begin to come undone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTender, unflinching and blisteringly funny, What a Shame glitters with rage and heartbreak, and offers up the joy of self-acceptance through an extraordinary rite of passage to overcome the prickly heat of female shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Tender and searingly honest - I couldn't stop reading'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngela Scanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A painfully exquisite book'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCamilla Pang\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 272\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 232 x 152mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abigail Bergstrom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52486374850870,"sku":"9781529367010","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Book-2025-07-30T134709.875.jpg?v=1753847356","url":"https:\/\/booksrusandmore.com.au\/products\/what-a-shame-by-abigail-bergstrom","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}