{"product_id":"the-craft-room-dave-holwill-9781973974673","title":"The Craft Room","description":"Sylvia doesn't want to kill anyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe just wants a little space, a room of her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA room where she could make things with her grandchildren, if her ex-daughter-in-law ever lets her see them again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA room that feels more and more like a pipe dream since her husband retired. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer mother's recent fall down the stairs could have provided enough money to help her middle-aged son move out, move on with his life and free up her spare room. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Mum is just one more name on a very long list of people getting in the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf only she'd fallen a little further, faster, harder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Sylvia doesn't want to kill anyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Craft Room is a darkly comic tale of sex, crepe paper, murder and knitting in a sleepy Devon town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A very entertaining, you-didn't-know-you-needed-it-until-it-was-here, combination of Serial Mom, Rambo and Blue Peter' - Julia Palooza \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Dave Holwill manages to combine Hyacinth Bucket with The Purge in The Craft Room, which is a chillingly funny look at a post mid-life crisis from a woman who has a lifetime's worth of suppressed anger to take out on everyone around her.' - Bookshine and Readbows \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Anyone who enjoys the comedy of the likes of The League of Gentleman will be in sync with this book. Those of a squeamish or prudish nature should probably give it a pass, but they will be missing a treat of a read... I really, really loved this book. It completely appealed to my macabre sense of humour and my delight in any book that goes off at a bit of a tangent from well-worn literary tropes.' - A Little Book Problem \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This is dark comedy at its finest. The writing is brilliant and kept me turning pages.' - Laura's Interests \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The Craft Room is a completely original and addictive read that I fell in love with. I raced through this book as I couldn't wait to find out what the hell was going on in it. I laughed my way through and I gasped in shock and delight as events unfolded.' - Katie's Book Cave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Holwill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1973974673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781973974673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Dave Holwill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486539690239,"sku":"9781973974673","price":13.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01694963-a72a-488b-b96f-200f9e5b08d2.jpg?v=1778055847","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-craft-room-dave-holwill-9781973974673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}