{"product_id":"posthuma-jente-people-with-no-charisma","title":"Posthuma, Jente - People with No Charisma","description":"From the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of What I'd\nRather Not Think About comes a darkly humorous novel about multigenerational\nfamily dynamics and individuality in Dutch suburbia.\nAn unnamed narrator grows up overshadowed by her unconventional mother,\nan ex-Jehovah's Witness and former television star with an inferiority complex.\nHer father is the head of a psychiatric institution, whose only form of\nparenting is to offer his daughter the same life advice he dispenses to his patients.\nReserved and somewhat aloof, he chooses not to intervene when his\nwife obsesses about charisma, calorie counting, and turning their daughter\ninto a child prodigy.\nTheir daughter strives to meet her mother's expectations and bond with her\nfather while secretly worrying she lacks the drive or charisma to do anything\nsignificant with her life. When her mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer,\nshe begins to address their generational trauma, forge a new relationship with\nher father, and discover life on her terms. In twelve chapters - each reflecting\na different phase of life - Posthuma expertly dissects a fraught family history,\nexposing the absurdity that often lies at the heart of life's most poignant and\nchallenging moments.","brand":"Scribe Publications","offers":[{"title":"Hardback Book","offer_id":50224122167574,"sku":"RMX-49545","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/fd6b55c612c7d1c0bd296a9c43e64b00.jpg?v=1752063242","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/posthuma-jente-people-with-no-charisma","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}