{"product_id":"dry-spell","title":"Dry Spell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eFrom the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ewinner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-Turner\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003e____________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1976 four students took a trip to the desert. Now the repercussions of that fateful summer are coming back to haunt them...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd repercussions are just what Guy doesn''t need: his wife, Jane, is moving swiftly from slightly eccentric to downright peculiar, their three-year-old daughter seems set on destroying Jane''s sanity, and now even God''s gone quiet on him. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs for Nina, she''s having enough trouble with her son, James. He''s got exams looming, a new girlfriend with pneumatic breasts and now, it seems, he''s on drugs. Nina certainly won''t welcome any ghosts from the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife isn''t going smoothly for anyone. But when Hugo, long-forgotten agent of misfortune, threatens to pay them all a visit, disaster seems unavoidable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003e____________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Clare Chambers:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A wonderful novel. I loved it'' \u003cb\u003eNina Stibbe on \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gorgeous... If you''re looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more'' \u003cb\u003ePandora Sykes on \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastating'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e Small Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Chambers'' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e Small Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e Small Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307200651646,"sku":"NW9780099277644","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780099277644.jpg?v=1778236544","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/dry-spell","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}