{"product_id":"the-demon-in-the-house-angela-thirkell-9781504092876","title":"The Demon in the House: Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1930s England, a beleaguered mother frets over her twelve-year-old's \"skirmishes with the grown-up world and his schoolmasters . . . amusingly told\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura Morland loves her son, Tony, unconditionally . . . even when he's talking everyone's ear off, accidentally breaking a window, shelling peas in the bathtub, or desperately trying to convince her to buy him a bicycle--the thought of which terrifies her. And of course Laura cherishes their time together when Tony's home on break, while secretly counting the minutes until he goes back to school . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis twentieth-century tale set in Anthony Trollope's beloved Barsetshire is a lighthearted and sharp-witted look at the life of the upper class in prewar England, and a funny portrait of the fraught relationship between a long-suffering mother and a demanding, rambunctious, and occasionally infuriating twelve-year-old boy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Angela Thirkell and the Barsetshire novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thirkell writes in a charmingly easy and intimate style.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Thirkell's] writing celebrates the solid parochial English virtues of stiff-upper-lippery, good-sportingness, dislike of fuss, and low-key irony. . . . Light, witty, easygoing books.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Thirkell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1504092872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504092876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.33w x 0.45d","brand":"Angela Thirkell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465841529087,"sku":"9781504092876","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3531ef99-b2d3-4d1f-9358-86a72758011a.jpg?v=1736347438","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-demon-in-the-house-angela-thirkell-9781504092876","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}