{"product_id":"close-quarters-angela-thirkell-9781504092814","title":"Close Quarters: Volume 27","description":"\u003cb\u003eA widow goes house-hunting in Barsetshire in this witty, moving novel by an author of \"graceful stories of upper-class English life\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne rainy summer, amid the social and cultural changes of postwar England, Mrs. Macfadyen wrestles with the loss of her beloved husband after just five years of happiness. Life has left her uprooted--but where can she replant herself? The hunt for a new house (preferably not too close to her mother's) will involve everyone from friends and neighbors to an old suitor and the local clergy, but ultimately the decision--and her future--is up to her . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecreating Anthony Trollope's fictional county and bringing it into the mid-twentieth century, Angela Thirkell tells a tale filled with heartache, humor, and sharp social observation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is in [Mrs. Macfadyen's] fitful remembrance, quiet loneliness and gentle acceptance, that one realizes her author's sense of the poetry in life, and her sympathetic ear for the nuances of pain.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Thirkell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1504092813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504092814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.31w x 0.64d","brand":"Angela Thirkell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46451240108287,"sku":"9781504092814","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_214917bd-c52f-4b74-b3c7-858f2ab35837.jpg?v=1735876880","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/close-quarters-angela-thirkell-9781504092814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}