{"product_id":"9781913505080","title":"Keeping the House","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Tice Cin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 September 2021 by And Other Stories in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 198 x 25mm | 306g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the 2022 Jhalak PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 Desmond Elliott PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 British Book Awards, Book of the Year – Discover AwardLonglisted for the 2022 Gordon Burn PrizeLonglisted for the 2022 Swansea University Dylan Thomas PrizeWinner of a 2022 Somerset Maugham AwardCabbages . . . The Turkish variety are prized for their enlarged leaf bud, that’s where we put the heroin . . . There’s a stash of heroin waiting to be imported, and no one seems sure what to do with it . . . But Ayla’s a gardener, and she has a plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a fresh and funny take on the machinery of the North London heroin trade, Keeping the House lifts the lid on a covert world thriving just beneath notice: not only in McDonald's queues and men’s clubs, but in spotless living rooms and whispering kitchens. Spanning three generations, this is the story of the women who keep their family – and their family business – afloat, juggling everything from police surveillance to trickier questions of community, belonging and love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tice Cin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58288172630341,"sku":"9781913505080","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781913505080.jpg?v=1781598168","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781913505080","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}