{"product_id":"9780141196824-heat-wave","title":"Heat Wave","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePauline is spending the summer at World's End, a cottage somewhere in the middle of England. This year the adjoining cottage is occupied by her daughter Teresa and baby grandson Luke; and, of course, Maurice, the man Teresa married. As the hot months unfold, Maurice grows ever more involved in the book he is writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in Penguin Modern Classics, Penelope Lively's \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving portrayal of a fragile family damaged and defined by adultery, and the lengths to which a mother will go to protect the ones she loves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePauline is spending the summer at World's End, a cottage somewhere in the middle of England. This year the adjoining cottage is occupied by her daughter Teresa and baby grandson Luke; and, of course, Maurice, the man Teresa married. As the hot months unfold, Maurice grows ever more involved in the book he is writing - and with his female copy editor - and Pauline can only watch in dismay and anger as her daughter repeats her own mistakes in love. The heat and tension will lead to a violent, startling climax. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenelope Lively (b. 1933) was born in Cairo. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Lichfield\u003c\/i\u003e, and again in 1984 for \u003ci\u003eAccording to Mark\u003c\/i\u003e. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels include \u003ci\u003ePassing On\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCleopatra's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e, and many are published by Penguin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Lively's \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinarily good, intelligent and perceptive . very moving' \u003cbr\u003eSusan Hill, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[\u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e is] short, but the emotions are so intense and the writing so good that it punches well above its weight'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56438365815158,"sku":"9780141196824","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32389985.jpg?v=1760364073","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141196824-heat-wave","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}