{"product_id":"briar-club-book-kate-quinn-9780008643584","title":"The Briar Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Diamond Eye\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Code\u003c\/em\u003e returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eWashington, D.C., 1950\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eEveryone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, an all-female boarding house in the heart of the US capital, where secrets hide behind respectable facades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eBut when the mysterious Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbours – a poised English beauty, a policeman’s daughter, a frustrated female baseball star, and a rabidly pro-McCarthy typist – into an unlikely friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eGrace’s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their troubled lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own. And when a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the Briar Club must decide once and for all: who is the true enemy in their midst?\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003eCapturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America, \u003cem\u003eThe Briar Club\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate and thrilling novel of secrets and loyalty put to the test.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e'This powerful, unforgettable historical romance is for fans of Mary Anna Evans's Justine Byrne series and stories with strong women characters' \u003cem\u003eStarred Library Journal Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e'Compulsively readable, The Briar Club will find eager readers in those who love woman-led historical fiction with rich, appealing characters' \u003cem\u003eStarred Booklist Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e'Blending suspense with themes of class struggle and female empowerment, this is a thrilling addition to Quinn's repertoire’ \u003cem\u003eGlamour Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51201782612241,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51201783660817,"sku":"NGR9780008643584","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51782687883537,"sku":"GOR014401569","price":7.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52077921141009,"sku":"GOR014480722","price":7.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52085082095889,"sku":"GOR014483380","price":7.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52530606866705,"sku":"NLS9780008643584","price":9.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/000864358X.jpg?v=1786441723","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/briar-club-book-kate-quinn-9780008643584","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}