{"product_id":"9780349019642","title":"The Tortoise And The Hare","description":"Author: Elizabeth Jenkins\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349019642\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe re-dipping of dishes was a small matter, but the emotional texture of married life is made up of small matters. This one had become invested with a fatal quality.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImogen, the beautiful and much younger wife of distinguished barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life. Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, middle-aged and tweedy - the very opposite of Imogen - seems to be vying for Evelyn's attention. And to Imogen's increasing disbelief, she may be succeeding. With exquisite elegance and irony, \u003ci\u003eThe Tortoise and the Hare\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that in affairs of the heart, the race is not always won by the swift - or the fair.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The perfection of its tone and prose is matched by an anguished wit' AMANDA CRAIG, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and so sad. Everyone should read it' JILLY COOPER\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A subtle and beautiful book . . . Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style' HILARY MANTEL","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491598487710,"sku":"ADS-9780349019642","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349019642.jpg?v=1770594774","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349019642","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}