{"product_id":"9781921656798","title":"The Women in Black","description":"Author: St John, Madeleine\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781921656798\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Oct 2010\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSydney in the 1950s. On the second floor of the famous F. G. Goode department store, in Ladies' Cocktail Frocks, the women in black are girding themselves for the Christmas rush. Among the staff-Patty Williams with her wayward husband Frank, the sweet but unlucky Fay, faithful Mrs Jacob of the measuring tape-is Lisa, the new Sales Assistant (Temporary), who is waiting for the results of her Leaving Certificate. Across the floor and beyond the arch, Lisa will meet the glamorous Continental refugee, Magda, guardian of the rose-pink cave of Model Gowns.\u003cbr\u003eWith the lightest touch and the most tender of comic instincts, Madeleine St John conjures a vanished summer of innocence. \u003ci\u003eThe Women in Black\u003c\/i\u003e is a great novel, a lost Australian classic.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48135672332446,"sku":"UBD-9781921656798","price":23.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781921656798.jpg?v=1786626685","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781921656798","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}