{"product_id":"bookish-2","title":"Bookish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A bookworm''s delight'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e | ''A gorgeous hug of a book – funny, warm and charming'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarian Keyes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e| ''Comforting, funny and moving'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSali Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e| ''Lucy Mangan on books is like butter on toast: perfect'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaitlin Moran \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e| \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e[Mangan] makes for a wonderfully incisive critic'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of the other way around.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom exploring the stacks as a student, to finding her feet as a bookseller-turned-journalist, falling for a fellow bookworm in an independent bookshop, escaping the doldrums of new motherhood and finally building a (book) room of her own, \u003ci\u003eBookish\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a life spent falling in love with reading. \u003ci\u003eBookworm\u003c\/i\u003e author Lucy Mangan chronicles her years of buying, borrowing and hoarding everything from well-worn literary classics to steamy bonkbusters, gripping thrillers, young adult novels and other not-so-guilty pleasures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrimming with literary insights, wry observations and stellar recommendations, this book is an ode to the bookish places – from local libraries to bookstores big and small – and the stories that make us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57194976084350,"sku":"NW9781529110128","price":14.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529110128.jpg?v=1778597310","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/bookish-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}