{"product_id":"letters-from-an-unknown-woman-gerard-woodward-9781611453126","title":"Letters from an Unknown Woman","description":"With her children evacuated and her husband at the front, Tory Pace is grudgingly sharing the family home with her irascible mother; working at the local gelatin factory--to help the war effort--and generally doing just about as well as could be expected in difficult times. Her quiet life is thrown into turmoil, however, when her prisoner-of-war husband, Donald, makes an outrageous demand for sexual gratification. He wants a dirty letter  Horrified, at first, that Donald is being turned into some sort of monster by the Nazis, Tory's disgust gradually gives way to a sense of marital duty, and taking in the libraries, bookshops, public conveniences and barbers' shops of South-East London, she begins a quest to master the language of carnal desire: a quest that takes a sudden and unexpected turn into far more dangerous territory. Beginning with an act of unintentional cannibalism, and flirting with a scheme to end world hunger by the use of protein pills, \u003ci\u003eLetters from an Unknown Woman\u003c\/i\u003e ranges widely across the Continent and yet always returns home: to family, to people, to relationships. Woodward offers a prescient examination of the ways in which we both nurture and consume each other in the face of adversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerard Woodward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611453127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611453126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.29w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2011 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2011 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2011","brand":"Gerard Woodward","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984599253247,"sku":"9781611453126","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_950115b0-aa29-4f28-b9f7-3f6dfb35e413.jpg?v=1683273185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-from-an-unknown-woman-gerard-woodward-9781611453126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}