{"product_id":"excellent-women","title":"Excellent Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Pym, Barbara, McCall Smith, Alexander \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/06\/2022,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780349016078,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMANMildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations or even the great moments of life - birth, marriage, death, the successful jumble sale, the garden fete spoilt by bad weather'. Her glamorous new neighbours, the Napiers, seem to be facing a marital crisis. One cannot take sides in these matters, though it is tricky, especially as Mildred has a soft spot for dashing young Rockingham Napier. This is Barbara Pym's world at its funniest and most touching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the twentieth century' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH'Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' ANNE TYLER'Not only was Pym a comic genius but she was ever so wise' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43104723501100,"sku":"9780349016078","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780349016078.jpg?v=1713013081","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/excellent-women","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}