{"product_id":"heat-wave-3","title":"Heat Wave","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in Penguin Modern Classics, Penelope Lively''s \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving portrayal of a fragile family damaged and defined by adultery, and the lengths to which a mother will go to protect the ones she loves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePauline is spending the summer at World''s End, a cottage somewhere in the middle of England. This year the adjoining cottage is occupied by her daughter Teresa and baby grandson Luke; and, of course, Maurice, the man Teresa married. As the hot months unfold, Maurice grows ever more involved in the book he is writing - and with his female copy editor - and Pauline can only watch in dismay and anger as her daughter repeats her own mistakes in love. The heat and tension will lead to a violent, startling climax. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenelope Lively (b. 1933) was born in Cairo. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Lichfield\u003c\/i\u003e, and again in 1984 for \u003ci\u003eAccording to Mark\u003c\/i\u003e. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels include \u003ci\u003ePassing On\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCleopatra''s Sister\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e, and many are published by Penguin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Lively''s \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Extraordinarily good, intelligent and perceptive ... very moving'' \u003cbr\u003eSusan Hill, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[\u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e is] short, but the emotions are so intense and the writing so good that it punches well above its weight''\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57342856135038,"sku":"NW9780141196824","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141196824.jpg?v=1778242896","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/heat-wave-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}