{"product_id":"windmill-hill","title":"Windmill Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Rich in charm and surprises'' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A transporting and entertaining read'' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A triumph. Funny, mysterious, moving and ingenious - a Shakespearian knot of happiness all round'' PHILIP PULLMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One night in a remote hunting lodge with a Hollywood director causes an international scandal that wrecks Astrid''s glittering stage career, and her marriage. Her ex-husband, the charismatic Scottish actor Magnus Fellowes, goes on to find global fame, while Astrid retreats to a disintegrating Sussex windmill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now 82, she lives there still, with a troupe of dachshunds and her long-suffering friend, Mrs Baker, who came to clean twenty years ago and never left. But the past is catching up with them. There has been an ''Awful Incident'' at the windmill; the women are in shock. Then Astrid hears that Magnus, now on his death bed, is writing a tell-all memoir. Outraged, she sets off for Scotland, determined to stop him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWindmill Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two very different women, both with painful pasts, and their eccentric friendship - deep, enduring, and loyal to the last.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Lucy Atkins:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brilliantly observed. I loved it'' \u003cb\u003eCLAIRE FULLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A truly memorable story, I loved it'' \u003cb\u003eJOANNA CANNON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An intriguing, brilliantly told story'' \u003cb\u003eNINA STIBBE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Charming and shocking . . . Never fails to delight'' \u003cb\u003eMICK HERRON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A deft display of Lucy Atkins''s talents as a delicate observer of human nature'' \u003cb\u003eARIFA AKBAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compulsive and skilfully woven''\u003cb\u003e CLARE CHAMBERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Intelligent and gripping''\u003cb\u003e GOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Mesmerising . . . beautifully written''\u003cb\u003e LITERARY REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Cleverly constructed''\u003cb\u003e WOMAN \u0026amp; HOME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''It was an utter joy to relish Atkins''s wonderfully skilled and unobtrusive writing'' \u003cb\u003eSARAH PERRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Sly, witty and gripping . . . I loved it'' \u003cb\u003eNAOMI ALDERMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''A sinewy, supple and gorgeously satisfying triumph'' \u003cb\u003eLUCY MANGAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315146432894,"sku":"NW9781529407921","price":14.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529407921.jpg?v=1778715112","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/windmill-hill","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}