{"product_id":"9781444704044","title":"The Valentine House","description":"Author: Emma Henderson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781444704044\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Mar 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Henderson's \u003ci\u003eGrace Williams Says It Loud \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the Orange Prize and this more than matches it.'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Buchan, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn June 1914, Sir Anthony Valentine, a keen mountaineer, arrives with his family to spend the summer in their chalet, high in the French Alps. There, for the first time, fourteen-year-old foundling Mathilde starts work as one of the 'uglies' - village girls employed as servants and picked, it is believed, to ensure they don't catch Sir Anthony's roving eye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Mathilde it is the start of a life-long entanglement with \u003ci\u003eles anglais\u003c\/i\u003e - strange, exciting people, far removed from the hard grind of farming. Except she soon finds the Valentines are less carefree than they appear, with a curiously absent daughter no one talks about. It will be decades - disrupted by war, accidents and a cruel betrayal  - before Mathilde discovers the key to the mystery.  And in 1976, the year Sir Anthony's great-great grandson comes to visit, she must decide whether to use it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVividly evoking the dramatic landscape that so enthrals the Valentines, this deeply involving, intriguing novel tells the story of an English family through the generations and a memorable French woman, whose lives seem worlds apart yet which become inextricably connected.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919411331230,"sku":"ING-9781444704044","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781444704044.jpg?v=1782811320","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781444704044","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}