{"product_id":"9781405988766","title":"The Cost of Living","description":"Author: Farrell, Kathleen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781405988766\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover your new favourite forgotten female classics with the Mermaid collection\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eNo 6\u003ci\u003e:\u003c\/i\u003e Kathleen Farrell's \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e with a foreword by Jane Fallon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIdealistic Alexandra is throwing a party to meet a more glamorous crowd. Marianne, more sardonic, worries it'll be the usual sort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe party is in Alexandra's attic flat. Marianne will contribute a few bottles of red optimistically labelled Bordeaux. Can it be judged a success? There's Donald the bus conductor with high-brow dreams, nervous bespectacled Bernhardt and Marius the ghostwriter. Not to mention a brace of Peters. It's left to sexy, young Pisa and riotous, middle-aged Mummy (neither invited) to steal the show.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet, after the party both Marianne and Alexandra find themselves caught in unexpected - sometimes far from romantic - relationships. Meeting people, it turns out, has the most peculiar consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs that really the cost of living?","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48248294342814,"sku":"UBD-9781405988766","price":28.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781405988766.jpg?v=1788869521","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781405988766","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}