{"product_id":"9781037203824","title":"The Daffodil Days","description":"Author: Bain, Helen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781037203824\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deeply researched and utterly convincing' \u003cb\u003eMelissa Harrison, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Not a word is out of place. Full of understated lyricism ... an exquisite and spellbinding debut' \u003cb\u003eHeather Clark, author of \u003ci\u003eRed Comet \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Luminous ... Helen Bain's prose is exact and alive, and the novel builds with a quietly devastating inexorable force you can't look away from' \u003cb\u003ePaula McLain, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Paris Wife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the early 1960s, in a small town near Dartmoor, the church bells ring.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe people of North Tawton go about their days, catching glimpses of one another's lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThere's the local GP, who knows more about his patients than he would sometimes prefer. There's the young shop assistant at Kestrels, who understands that the ladies who come there for a new outfit sometimes hope to find a new self. There's the tenant farm labourer who rings the tower bells at the church three times a week, the notes     harmonious and clashing     rippling out across the rooftops of the town.\u003cbr\u003eAmid all these lives, a young couple move into focus. New to the town with their small daughter, they have escaped London for a quieter existence in the thatched house beside the church, Court Green. The life they intend to build here     out of fresh lino tiles, second-hand furniture painted with hearts and flowers, and expertly-cooked suppers for weekend guests     will be a good and happy one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daffodil Days\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a pivotal year in the marriage of 20th-century literature's most infamous couple, witnessed by the people they lived among. It is a kaleidoscopic portrait of this enigmatic pair, refracted through the rich inner lives of a rural community caught     if only for a moment     in their light.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47839619285150,"sku":"UBD-9781037203824","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781037203824.jpg?v=1781075731","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781037203824","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}