{"product_id":"vets-daughter","title":"Vet's Daughter","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' \u003c\/b\u003eSARAH WATERS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A wonderful and original novel' \u003c\/b\u003eALAN HOLLINGHURST\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'The strange off-beat talent of Barbara Comyns [whose] innocent eye observes with child-like simplicity the most fantastic or the most ominous occurrence' \u003c\/b\u003eGRAHAM GREENE\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else'\u003c\/b\u003e MAGGIE O'FARRELL\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI comforted myself with the knowledge that at least I wasn't earthbound like most people.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a house full of screeching animals in Edwardian South London, Alice lives in the shadow of her domineering father. Longing to escape, she retreats ever deeper into a world of memories, fantasies and rapturous longings - until she discovers an extraordinary secret power of her own. But the strange events that unfold lead her, dressed in bridal white, to a scene of ecstatic triumph and disaster among the crowds on Clapham Common.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blackly funny and indelibly haunting, The Vet's Daughter combines shocking realism with a visionary edge.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e INTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Vet's Daughter","offer_id":45943911350469,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-349-01966-6.jpg?v=1773011988","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/vets-daughter","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}