{"product_id":"the-heart-goes-last-a-novel","title":"The Heart Goes Last: A Novel by Margaret Atwood","description":"From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—in the gated community of Consilience, residents who sign a contract will get a job and a lovely house for six months of the year...if they serve as inmates in the Positron prison system for the alternate months.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Captivating...thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStan and Charmaine, a young urban couple, have been hit by job loss and bankruptcy in the midst of nationwide economic collapse. Forced to live in their third-hand Honda, where they are vulnerable to roving gangs, they think the gated community of Consilience may be the answer to their prayers. At first, this seems worth it: they will have a roof over their heads and food on the table. But when a series of troubling events unfolds, Positron begins to look less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Heart Goes Last is a vivid, urgent vision of development and decay, freedom and surveillance, struggle and hope—and the timeless workings of the human heart.","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50299033354555,"sku":"1101912367","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/8585423482580.jpg?v=1747376970","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/the-heart-goes-last-a-novel","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}