{"product_id":"the-girls-a-story-of-village-life-9781946022707","title":"The Girls: A Story of Village Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wry, macape tale of simple country living, putal murder, and a reasonably happy couple, from our \"most startlingly offbeat suspense novelist\" (Gore Vidal).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn their lovely old Cotswolds village, Janet and Susan are known to all the other villagers as \"the girls\"--a fixture. Partners in love and work, co-proprietors of a picturesque shop specializing in the work of local artisans and farmers, they lead an enviable, enviably settled life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo it's no catastrophe when Sue, the younger of the two, feels the need to take a month to travel on her own, leaving Jan alone to run their stall at the Inland Waterways Rally Craft Fair. Nor is it any real threat when a kindly gay man named Alan lends Jan a hand in Sue's absence, or when the two wind up sharing some wine and even a bunk for the night.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf Jan turns out to be pregnant some weeks after Sue's return to the nest, what's that but cause for joy? And when Alan happens to come visiting, by and by, finding the delighted girls raising a beautiful baby boy, who can blame him for wanting to share in a small part of their bliss?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYes, theirs is an enviable, enviably settled life. And the girls will defend it with every tool at their disposal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-577296\"\u003eJohn Bowen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946022707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1946022705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC060000\"\u003eHumorous | Dark Humor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC005040\"\u003eErotica | LGBTQ+ | Lesbian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Bowen\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-2019) was born in what was then Calcutta, India, before being sent to England at the age of four to be reared by an uncle and aunt. He worked in journalism and advertising while publishing his first novels, including the apocalyptic \u003ci\u003eAfter the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, then began a successful career writing for the stage and for television, including the much-lauded folk-horror \"Play for Today\" \u003ci\u003eRobin Redbreast\u003c\/i\u003e (1970).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McNally Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380597813387,"sku":"9781946022707","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_68f86f21-15a2-4a81-ab08-ec8d01550cfc.jpg?v=1760547407","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-girls-a-story-of-village-life-9781946022707","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}