{"product_id":"9780860682837","title":"Union Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Barker, Pat \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 13\/05\/1982,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 272 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780860682837,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Vivid, bawdy and bitter' THE TIMES 'A first-rate first novel . . . pungent, raunchy dialogue . . . passages of fine understated wit' IVAN GOLD, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Pat Barker's first novel shows the women of Union Street, young and old, meeting the harsh challeges of poverty and survival in a precarious world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's Kelly, at eleven, neglected and independent, dealing with a squalid rape; Dinah, knocking on sixty and still on the game; Joanne, not yet twenty, not yet married and already pregnant. Old Alice is welcoming her impending death whilst Muriel helplessly watches the decline of her stoical husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd linking them all, watching over them all, mother to half the street, is fiery, indomitable Iris.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56010125246837,"sku":"9780860682837","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780860682837.jpg?v=1758824772","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780860682837","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}