{"product_id":"these-dividing-walls-fran-cooper-9781473641563","title":"These Dividing Walls: Shortlisted for the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep into Paris as you have never seen it before. . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE HAYES \u0026amp; JARVIS FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An engaging debut that throws light on a hidden side of Paris' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman and Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A sensitive, necessary, brave book.' \u003cb\u003eLaura Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Versions of Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat building doesn't have secrets? \u003cbr\u003e How much does anyone know of what goes on behind their neighbour's doors?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On a hot June day, grief-stricken Edward arrives in Paris hoping that a stay in a friend's empty apartment will help him mend. But this is not the Paris he knows: there are no landmarks or grand boulevards, and the apartment he was promised is little more than an attic room. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the apartments below him, his new neighbours fill their flats with secrets. A young mother is on the brink, a bookshop owner buries her past, and a banker takes up a dark and malicious new calling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before he knows it, Edward will find himself entangled in their web, and as the summer heat intensifies so do tensions within and without the building, leading to a city-wide wave of violence, and a reckoning within the walls of number 37. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a sultry heat to rival \u003ci\u003eA Year in Provence\u003c\/i\u003e and all the sharp perception of Leila Slimani's \u003ci\u003eLullaby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThese Dividing Walls\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea beautifully written and eye-opening novel about the Paris we don't see\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'It'll open your heart and mind. It certainly did mine' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pool\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An unforgettable and unexpected portrait of Paris' \u003cb\u003eHannah Rothschild\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*********** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhat readers have said about \u003ci\u003eThese Dividing Walls\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Totally engrossing - it was \u003cb\u003ea magical pleasure\u003c\/b\u003e to lose myself in these people's world each night' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The quality of the writing in \u003ci\u003eThese Dividing Walls\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003enever short of exquisite\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This is \u003cb\u003ean outstanding debut \u003c\/b\u003enovel from an author to watch' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA delightful glimpse\u003c\/b\u003e into the lives of a group of people one hot and fearful summer'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fran Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147364156X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473641563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Fran Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458589700351,"sku":"9781473641563","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef53ced9-a922-46e7-9c59-d96a975c029d.jpg?v=1777405363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/these-dividing-walls-fran-cooper-9781473641563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}