{"product_id":"wise-children-angela-carter-9781786826916","title":"Wise Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Brixton, Nora and Dora Chance - twin chorus girls born and bred south of the river - are celebrating their 75th birthday. Over the river in Chelsea, their father and greatest actor of his generation Melchior Hazard turns 100 on the same day. As does his twin brother Peregrine. If, in fact, he's still alive. And if, in truth, Melchior is their real father after all... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWise Children is adapted for the stage from Angela Carter's last novel about a theatrical family living in South London. It centres around twin chorus girls, Nora and Dora Chance, whose lives are brimming with mystery, illegitimacy and scandal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDora narrates the story as her older self, looking back on a tumultuous life, throughout which she and her sister have loved to sing and dance. A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak, \u003ci\u003eWise Children\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope. Expect show girls and Shakespeare, sex and scandal, music, mischief and mistaken identity - and butterflies by the thousand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Carter, Emma Rice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1786826917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786826916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Angela Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938082914559,"sku":"9781786826916","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2bb8b35c-5299-49f7-91bf-a5f425704d42.jpg?v=1681433628","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wise-children-angela-carter-9781786826916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}