{"product_id":"9781961341647","title":"Love Life of a Cheltenham Lady","description":"Author: Dinah Brooke\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781961341647\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the 'brilliant forgotten novelist' behind the 'ferocious'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLord Jim at Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e) comes a searing tale of a young woman's unravelling beneath the unforgiving Tuscan sun.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiranda, her husband Louis, and their infant daughter are set to spend the summer in a rented villa in Tuscany. He's a self-assured young American actor; she, a well-educated, well-bred English ingenue. But when Louis is called away to a shoot, Miranda is left alone with her baby in the remote Italian countryside  until a young Italian named Oreste arrives, claiming to have been invited by her now-absent husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiranda quickly falls under the interloper's spell  and into his arms  launching into a feverish affair that threatens to dissolve her already fragile, fracturing sense of self. As events spiral further out of her control, the novel hurtles headlong toward its horrifying conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the same 'limpid, assured style: cruel, yes, but not detached or apathetic' (\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) as \u003ci\u003eLord Jim at Home\u003c\/i\u003e, Dinah Brooke's transgressive debut remains every bit as shocking as when it was first published in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A devastating account of the sexual awakening of an English lady... An intense, fastidiously crafted and disturbing novel.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best descriptions of the sheer illogicality and waywardness of sex and love that I have ever read.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] brilliant forgotten novelist.'  Claire Allfree,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brooke has a limpid, assured style: cruel, yes, but not detached or apathetic...It's frigid fun.'  Dan Piepenbring,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You can only glory in her skill...Brooke [has] immoderate talents.'  M. John Harrison,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46688060735646,"sku":"ADS-9781961341647","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781961341647.jpg?v=1775631589","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781961341647","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}