{"product_id":"9780349114088","title":"The Sidmouth Letters","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jane Gardam\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 January 1988 by Little, Brown Book Group (Abacus) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e199 x 133 x 12mm | 134g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Austen's love life- long the subject of speculation- is finally, delightfully dealt with in the title story of this collection. Many of the other stories, like 'The Sidmouth Letters,' bring together past and present- with sometimes hilarious, sometimes disturbing, often intensely moving results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith quiet elegance and devastating accuracy, Jane Gardam probes many and varied lives. We meet a trio of Kensington widows, mean-spirited and middle-aged, paying improbable tribute to a long exploited nanny; we await- with dread- a stranger to tea in an Engliish home; we witness the mercurial changes that take place in young love, and we watch as a bohemian, passionate past returns to tempt domestic bliss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Gardam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56261413077317,"sku":"9780349114088","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780349114088.jpg?v=1763038633","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780349114088","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}