{"product_id":"9781844085422","title":"The Clothes On Their Backs","description":"Author: Linda Grant\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781844085422\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2009\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a red brick mansion block off the Marylebone Road, Vivien, a sensitive, bookish girl grows up sealed off from both past and present by her timid refugee parents. Then one morning a glamorous uncle appears, dressed in a mohair suit, with a diamond watch on his wrist and a girl in a leopard-skin hat on his arm. Why is Uncle Sandor so violently unwelcome in her parents' home?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a novel about survival - both banal and heroic - and a young woman who discovers the complications, even betrayals, that inevitably accompany the fierce desire to live. Set against the backdrop of a London from the 1950s to the present day, The Clothes on Their Backs is a wise and tender novel about the clothes we choose to wear, the personalities we dress ourselves in, and about how they define us all.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924980088990,"sku":"ING-9781844085422","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781844085422.jpg?v=1782956847","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781844085422","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}