{"product_id":"vets-daughter-barbara-comyns-9781844088386","title":"Vet's Daughter","description":"INTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM\n'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' SARAH WATERS\n'It projects its fantastic story with a tangible realness . . . A wonderful and original novel' ALAN HOLLINGHURST\n'She shows mastery of the structures of a fast-moving narrative and a consistent backdrop to the ecstasies and agonies of the human condition' JANE GARDAM, SPECTATOR \nGrowing up in Edwardian South London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release from a life that is dreary, restrictive and lonely. Her father, a vet, is harsh and domineering; his new girlfriend brash and lascivious. Alice seeks refuge in memories and fantasies, in her rapturous longing for Nicholas, a handsome young sailor and in the blossoming of what she perceives as her occult powers. \nA series of strange events unfolds that leads her, dressed in bridal white to a scene of ecstatic triumph and disaster among the crowds on Clapham Common. The Vet's Daughter is a uniquely vivid, witty and touching story of love and mystery.","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49568069878048,"sku":"9781844088386","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781844088386.jpg?v=1785178779","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/vets-daughter-barbara-comyns-9781844088386","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}