{"product_id":"lie-of-the-land-3","title":"Lie Of The Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Terrific, page-turning, slyly funny'' India Knight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''As satisfying a novel as I have read in years'' Sarah Perry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Absolutely magnificent'' Marian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can''t afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they can''t afford to go on living in London; instead, they must downsize and move their three children to a house in a remote part of Devon. Arrogant and adulterous, Quentin can''t understand why Lottie is so angry; devastated and humiliated, Lottie feels herself to have been intolerably wounded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMud, mice and quarrels are one thing - but why is their rent so low? What is the mystery surrounding their unappealing new home? The beauty of the landscape is ravishing, yet it conceals a dark side involving poverty, revenge, abuse and violence which will rise up to threaten them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSally Verity, happily married but unhappily childless knows a different side to country life, as both a Health Visitor and a sheep farmer''s wife; and when Lottie''s innocent teenage son Xan gets a zero-hours contract at a local pie factory, he sees yet another.  At the end of their year, the lives of all will be changed for ever. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA suspenseful black comedy, this is a rich, compassionate and enthralling novel in its depiction of the English countryside, and the potentially lethal interplay between money and marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310364336510,"sku":"NW9781408709290","price":14.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781408709290.jpg?v=1778582220","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/lie-of-the-land-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}