{"product_id":"love-life-of-a-cheltenham-dinah-brooke-9781961341647","title":"Love Life of a Cheltenham Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \"brilliant forgotten novelist\" behind the \"ferocious\" \u003ci\u003eLord Jim at Home\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e) comes a searing tale of a young woman's unravelling beneath the unforgiving Tuscan sun.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiranda, her husband Louis, and their infant daughter are set to spend the summer in a rented villa in Tuscany. He's a self-assured young American actor; she, a well-educated, well-bred English ingénue. But when Louis is called away to a shoot, Miranda is left alone with her baby in the remote Italian countryside--until a young Italian named Oreste arrives, claiming to have been invited by her now-absent husband.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiranda quickly falls under the interloper's spell--and into his arms--launching into a feverish affair that threatens to dissolve her already fragile, fracturing sense of self. As events spiral further out of her control, the novel hurtles headlong toward its horrifying conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the same \"limpid, assured style: cruel, yes, but not detached or apathetic\" (\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) as \u003ci\u003eLord Jim at Home\u003c\/i\u003e, Dinah Brooke's transgressive debut remains every bit as shocking as when it was first published in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dinah Brooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1961341646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961341647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Dinah Brooke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135445909759,"sku":"9781961341647","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e097de3-c618-47ae-a064-95e114464b23.jpg?v=1755010180","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-life-of-a-cheltenham-dinah-brooke-9781961341647","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}