{"product_id":"9781529970982","title":"The Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Bowen, John \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/06\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529970982,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their lovely Cotswolds village, Janet and Susan are known simply as ‘the girls’. Partners in love and work, co-proprietors of a picturesque shop, they lead an enviably peaceful life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a moment of surprising passion disrupts the equilibrium of their world, the girls’ lives take a deeply unsettling turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst comes motherhood. Then comes murder. Part-dark comedy, part-crime thriller, part-cosy love story, John Bowen’s The Girls is a novel like none other. Told with warmth and affection, yet laced with dark unease, 'the girls' will ensure you never look on Middle England quite so quaintly again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Startlingly offbeat’ Gore Vidal‘Absolutely wicked’ Armistead Maupin‘[For] those who feel Barbara Pym-ish on some days and Stephen King-ish on others . . . The Girls charms us as only certain tales ‘of village life’ can’ Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57005388693877,"sku":"9781529970982","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529970982.jpg?v=1774691454","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529970982","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}