{"product_id":"private-enterprise-angela-thirkell-9781504092869","title":"Private Enterprise","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmid food shortages and grumbling, Barsetshire is unsettled by the arrival of a pretty war widow in this \"delicately humorous [and] entertaining\" novel (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld War II may be over, but its effects linger in the English countryside as the local ladies trade ration coupons for a paltry selection of provisions. It's feeling like a bleak summer--but it won't be a boring one, now that flirtatious young widow Peggy Arbuthnot and her sister-in-law, Effie, are on the scene. Peggy has quite a few admirers--including Noel Merton, which is rather unfortunate for his wife. Suspense reigns over who might win Peggy's hand--and whether the Merton marriage will survive . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Where Trollope would have been content to arouse a chuckle, [Thirkell] is constantly provoking us to hilarious laughter. . . . To read her is to get the feeling of knowing Barsetshire folk as well as if one had been born and bred in the county.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Thirkell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1504092864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504092869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.14d","brand":"Angela Thirkell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867369754879,"sku":"9781504092869","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc45ccfd-27e6-4cb1-9960-4a83455f24d8.jpg?v=1747454580","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/private-enterprise-angela-thirkell-9781504092869","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}