{"product_id":"elizabeth-alone-by-william-trevor-2016j","title":"Elizabeth Alone by William Trevor","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Genteel mostly, respectable all, the world here is London SW, south of the river. With a fruitful marriage (and a quick, astonishing adulterous bounce) behind her, comfortable, amiable Mrs Aidallbery - Elizabeth - is in hospital for a hysterectomy. n n'So is Sylvie Clapper, with false teeth and bleached hair, young witless, cheery. She lives with a slippery Irishman: no children yet and now no chance. Likewise confined, devout Miss Samson with the raw blackberry birthmark worries about her boarding-house, for believers only, and the discovery that her Christian mentor died in disbelief. And Lily Drucker, after repeated abortions, is in for childbirth, while her clawed mother-in-law tries to bait back her son with sausage rolls and Lincoln Creams... And there is William Trevor, taking relays from flies on a hundred walls, snipping, linking, shaping his material with delicate understanding, respect and a sparing trickle - just enough - of humour... A finely observed, gently sensitive comedy, delightful to read, like lived experience to remember' - Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41835321262154,"sku":"2016j","price":10.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/Book-Express-No-Image-Main_7390f86e-eed9-41e2-9257-5fc800a2be5c.png?v=1764474092","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/elizabeth-alone-by-william-trevor-2016j","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}