{"product_id":"9781526614971","title":"The Dutch House : Nominated for the Women's Prize 2020","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Patchett, Ann \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 April 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 25 | 250g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext, dive into TOM LAKE  the breath-taking newest novel from Ann PatchettLose yourself in the story of a lifetime  the unforgettable Sunday Times bestsellerPatchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature GuardianNominated for the Womens Prize 2020A STORY OF TWO SIBLINGS, THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME, AND A PAST THAT THEY CANT LET GO.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike swallows, like salmon, we were the helpless captives of our migratory patterns. We pretended that what we had lost was the house, not our mother, not our father. We pretended that what we had lost had been taken from us by the person who still lived inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the economic boom following the Second World War, Cyril Conroy's real estate investments take his family from poverty to enormous wealth. With it he buys the Dutch House, a lavish mansion in the Philadelphia suburbs. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanny Conroy grows up in the opulence of the Dutch House. Though his father is distant and his mother is absent, Danny has his beloved sister Maeve: Maeve, with her wall of black hair, her wit, her brilliance. The siblings grow and change as life plays out under the watchful eyes of the houses former owners, in the frames of their oil paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen one day their father brings home Andrea, a new stepmother. Though they cannot know it, her arrival to the Dutch House sows the seed of the defining loss of Danny and Maeves lives: exiled from the house and tossed back into the poverty from which their family rose, Danny and Maeve have only each other to count on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best book Ive read in years Rosamund LuptonHer finest novel yet Sunday TimesThe buzz around The Dutch House is totally justified. Her best yet, which is saying something John BoyneA masterpiece Cathy RentzenbrinkBliss Nigella Lawson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45795460645104,"sku":"9781526614971","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781526614971.jpg?v=1713533650","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781526614971","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}