{"product_id":"9781444795387-life-love-and-the-archers","title":"Life, Love and The Archers","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003erecollections, reviews and other prose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book for anyone who's ever fallen in love, tried to give up smoking, or consoled themselves that they'll never be \u003ci\u003equite\u003c\/i\u003e as old as Mick Jagger.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'funny, fearless and unflinchingly truthful'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e - Books of the Years 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'thought-provoking and inspiring'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e - Books of the Year 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWendy Cope has long been one of the nation's best-loved poets, with her sharp eye for human foibles and wry sense of humour. For the first time, \u003ci\u003eLife, Love and the Archers\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the best of her prose - recollections, reviews and essays from the light-hearted to the serious, taken from a lifetime of published and unpublished work, and all with Cope's lightness of touch. \u003cbr\u003e  Here readers can meet the Enid-Blyton-obsessed schoolgirl, the ambivalent daughter, the amused teacher, the sensitive journalist, the cynical romantic and the sardonic television critic, as well as touching on books and writers who have informed a lifetime of reading and writing. \u003cbr\u003e  Wendy Cope is a master of the one-liner as well as the couplet, the telling review as well as the sonnet, and \u003ci\u003eLife, Love and the Archers \u003c\/i\u003egives us a wonderfully entertaining and unforgettable portrait of one of England's favourite writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451487859062,"sku":"9781444795387","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35739998.jpg?v=1760462723","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781444795387-life-love-and-the-archers","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}