{"product_id":"vet-s-daughter-book-barbara-comyns-9781844088386","title":"The Vet's Daughter","description":"INTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM  'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' SARAH WATERS  'It projects its fantastic story with a tangible realness . . . A wonderful and original novel' ALAN HOLLINGHURST  'She shows mastery of the structures of a fast-moving narrative and a consistent backdrop to the ecstasies and agonies of the human condition' JANE GARDAM, SPECTATOR   Growing up in Edwardian South London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release from a life that is dreary, restrictive and lonely. Her father, a vet, is harsh and domineering; his new girlfriend brash and lascivious. Alice seeks refuge in memories and fantasies, in her rapturous longing for Nicholas, a handsome young sailor and in the blossoming of what she perceives as her occult powers.   A series of strange events unfolds that leads her, dressed in bridal white to a scene of ecstatic triumph and disaster among the crowds on Clapham Common. The Vet's Daughter is a uniquely vivid, witty and touching story of love and mystery.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49503741739281,"sku":"GOR005177289","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49738082681105,"sku":"NGR9781844088386","price":16.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49987726278929,"sku":"GOR005794013","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50057944367377,"sku":"GOR009408025","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50556524232977,"sku":"GOR007550611","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1844088383.jpg?v=1751313377","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/vet-s-daughter-book-barbara-comyns-9781844088386","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}