{"product_id":"ways-of-sunlight","title":"Ways Of Sunlight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A delightful book, a pleasure to read and reflect over afterwards ... for humour, sprightliness and downright exuberance at being alive'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''You could be lonely as hell in the city, then one day you look around you and you realise everybody else is lonely too''\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis irresistible, bittersweet collection of short stories from the supreme chronicler of West Indian lives in Britain brings together two worlds: Trinidad and London. Here is an illicit love affair on a plantation, gossip and rivalry between village washerwomen, a boy rebelling against his parents'' traditions. Here too is life after leaving for England: hustling for work, eking out money for the gas meter in winter, dancing in clubs, discovering romance in a night-time park, experiencing unexpected kindness, dreams and disenchantment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395010961790,"sku":"NW9780241654538","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241654538.jpg?v=1778633553","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/ways-of-sunlight","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}