{"product_id":"stan-and-nan-sarah-lippett-9780224102537","title":"Stan and Nan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSometimes, the simplest stories are the best... This is a lovely, tender book... \u003ci\u003eStan and Nan\u003c\/i\u003e are all of our grandparents, their stability and infinite kindness much mourned as our ever-changing worlds spin frantically on.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Cooke, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy nan wrote me many letters back in 2011. They were about the love of her life, my grandad, Stanley Burndred. I've never met him, he died long before I was born, but his drawings, paintings and ceramics have been in my life for as long as I can remember. Every wall of Nan's house would be decorated by his artworks and every windowsill bore his ceramic creations. Whenever we visited Nan in the Black Country I would study the ornaments and pictures, wondering who had made them. It wasn't until I wrote to Nan many years later, receiving in return beautiful handwritten letters detailing his life, that it became apparent that the work was his. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe letters were so beautiful I felt my nan's story had to be told. \u003ci\u003eStan and Nan\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an ordinary couple and the people who loved them. The narrative follows their lives from Stan's working-class background, to his premature death, through to Nan's struggle to cope, and the perils of ageing. It is a memoir about the importance of family, and about death, love, living and human connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Lippett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0224102532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780224102537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Cape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Sarah Lippett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47427377955071,"sku":"9780224102537","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3dc3fff8-92ff-43da-86dd-6b80879815fc.jpg?v=1761579185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stan-and-nan-sarah-lippett-9780224102537","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}