{"product_id":"books-jigsaw-by-sybille-bedford","title":"Jigsaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis intensely remembered, partly autobiographical novel, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989, describes the childhood of Billi, a girl growing up in Europe between the wars. When her father dies, she swaps life in a run-down German château for an exhilarating existence with her beautiful, talented and unreliable mother on the French Riviera. \nSent away to England for schooling, the gypsy-like Billi ricochets between short-lived tutors and a life of reading, friends and public lectures. Returning to the Mediterranean, her unorthodox education – intellectual, emotional and sexual – continues among the vibrant community of artists, exiles and intellectuals who have colonised the coast, coaxing her towards a life of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53767786889489,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780907871798.jpg?v=1783939127","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-jigsaw-by-sybille-bedford","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}