{"product_id":"ballroom","title":"Ballroom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe unputdownable historical novel by the acclaimed and bestselling author of WAKE and EXPECTATION: a devastating story of love and madness at the brink of the Great War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Absolutely heart-breaking.  One of the best books I’ve ever read'' DINAH JEFFERIES, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tea-Planter''s Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eCompelling, elegant, insightful'' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1911: Inside an asylum at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, where men and women are kept apart by high walls and barred windows, there is a ballroom vast and beautiful. For one bright evening every week they come together and dance. When John and Ella meet it is a dance that will change two lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet over the heatwave summer of 1911, the end of the Edwardian era, THE BALLROOM tells a \u003cb\u003erivetting\u003c\/b\u003e tale of \u003cb\u003edangerous\u003c\/b\u003e obsession, of madness and sanity, and of who gets to decide which is which. It is a \u003cb\u003elove story\u003c\/b\u003e like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****************************************\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Anna Hope''s \u003ci\u003eThe Ballroom:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eBeautifully wrought, tender, heartbreaking'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express 5\/5\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Moving, fascinating'' \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A tender and absorbing love story'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eUnsentimental and affecting'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Exquisitely good'' \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Absolutely fantastic . . . I''m in real awe of her writing'' ELIZABETH MACNEAL, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Doll Factory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318813663614,"sku":"NW9780552779470","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780552779470.jpg?v=1778726010","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/ballroom","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}