{"product_id":"sunday-best-daniel-gray-9780008628925","title":"Sunday Best: Travels Through the Day of Rest","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAn evocative celebration of the seventh day in all its rich variety\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClosed shops and roast dinners. Bulky newspapers and the hum of lawnmowers. Strolls to nowhere in particular and visiting snoozing grandparents. Television theme tunes cueing bath time and a sudden dread of the looming week ahead...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough an assortment of rituals and activities, Sundays came to be \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e unique day in our week - whether tedious, pleasant or somewhere in-between. But how did they change over time? Has anything interesting ever happened on a Sunday? Have we forgotten how to \u003cem\u003edo\u003c\/em\u003e Sunday? And, in our rushed modern lives, should we now try to recapture that distinctive, unhurried Sunday feel?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering answers to those questions and more through a mix of travelogue and social history, \u003cem\u003eSunday Best\u003c\/em\u003e entertainingly charts the story of what author Daniel Gray argues is the People's Day. Told through Sundays whiled away in places from the Hebrides to Hyde Park - via Sunderland, Scarborough, The Peak District and beyond - Gray's latest book is a charming journey in time and place. \u003cem\u003eSunday Best\u003c\/em\u003e offers nostalgia, people's history and affectionate, absorbing writing - a book drenched in the scent of gravy and summoning the faint sound of church bells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0008628920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008628925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpernorth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Daniel Gray","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618066092287,"sku":"9780008628925","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ddcc193-ee28-4521-a86d-f0871089830e.jpg?v=1740069078","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sunday-best-daniel-gray-9780008628925","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}