{"product_id":"thamesmead-74-mj-simpson-9798264145223","title":"Thamesmead '74: Teenagers navigating life, love and criminality in 1970's London","description":"Teenage friends navigate life, love and criminality in 70's London. Thamemead '74 is an edgy coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of South London during a period of political, social, and economic upheaval. McDonald's opens its first UK restaurant, the IRA are bombing London, and families are being relocated from run-down, inner-city tenements to a sprawling, brutalist new council estate built on the marshy, outer fringes of the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatt lives on Thamemead. He is bright, hardworking, and ambitious, with a family life dominated by a perennial lack of money - he's also a reluctant virgin. Paul is volatile, lonely and heir apparent of a criminal dynasty - he's also pretty sure that he's gay. They clash violently one day after school, but following an explosive classroom incident, their paths begin to converge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdventures and vividly drawn characters begin to shape young lives - from The Faces 1974 Lewisham Odeon concert, to the sordid, underbelly of South London criminality; from little scams and estate milk round jobs to work in sparkling new American restaurants; from vivacious, life-changing young barmaids to down-at-heel young, single mums relying on benefits and 'the game'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Matt find his way out of his family's ever-loving poverty? Will Paul resist his Dad's demand to get involved in his family's criminal activities early? Will they both find love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mj Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798264145223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Mj Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170875613439,"sku":"9798264145223","price":13.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thamesmead-74-mj-simpson-9798264145223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}