{"product_id":"9781472272287","title":"Glass Houses : 'A devastatingly compelling new voice in literary fiction' - Louise O'Neill","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Reece, Francesca \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 13\/02\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781472272287,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Desire, class and Welsh nationalism prove a combustible combination in this brooding literary romance' Observer'At once a love story and a simmering tale of class, identity, and masculinity' i paper'Evokes North Wales in all its complexity, in water, resin and sky' Jessica AndrewsGeth and Olwen live in different worlds. Olwen left North Wales for London to become a filmmaker and lives with her banker husband. Geth stayed in their rural hometown and works as a forester. They were in love once, but now they are strangers to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is, until Olwen returns, moving into the lakeside house that Geth looks after for absent English owners; the house he has come to think of as his own. Before they know it, they find themselves pulled back together - back into the past and what could have been - or still could be. Taking us from the incendiary world of radical politics in Thatcher's Britain to the housing crisis of the present day, Glass Houses is a story about love and friendship, about class and rural life, and about the disappointments of those who leave and those who stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful novel about class, first love and how places can define us' Good Housekeeping'A cinematic page-turner' Buzz Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54933164720501,"sku":"9781472272287","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781472272287.jpg?v=1737200737","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781472272287","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}