{"product_id":"the-soldiers-hat-and-other-sidonie-colette-9781915568618","title":"The Soldier's Hat (and Other Stories)","description":"In 1943, despite her own physical disabilities and the stress of living in a Paris under Nazi occupation, Colette, aged 70, published this delightful quartet of tales. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 'The Soldier's Hat', a middle-aged woman blossoms when an unlikely love affair embellishes her hard-working existence - until she makes a fateful mistake. \u003cbr\u003e'The Tender Shoot' sees a fifty-year-old rou? trounced when his roving eye falls on a fifteen-year-old country girl. \u003cbr\u003eIn 'The Green Sealing Wax', the success of a widow's attempt to forge her late husband's will depends on the colour of the sealing wax she uses. \u003cbr\u003e'Armande' is a tale of two bashful lovers. Maxime is unable to declare his passion for Armande, nor can she express her feelings for him, until one day she shakes a door handle too violently... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 'lost' story, 'A Wedding', from the first edition of Colette's final work of fiction, 'Gigi', completes this late flowering of Colette's exceptional talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sidonie Colette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915568617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915568618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dedalus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.12w x 0.75d","brand":"Sidonie Colette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867281445119,"sku":"9781915568618","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23929970-6844-4a12-960a-cc66ae694533.jpg?v=1747454361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-soldiers-hat-and-other-sidonie-colette-9781915568618","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}