{"product_id":"9781447272410-love-all","title":"Love All","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA novel of love and its fragility, and the strength of family love, from the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, \u003ci\u003eLove All \u003c\/i\u003eis a heartfelt story of love and adulthood in the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Graceful, moving' – \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late 1960s. For Persephone Plover, the daughter of distant and neglectful parents, the innocent, isolated days of childhood are long past. Now she must deal with the emotions of an adult world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile in Melton, in the West Country, Jack Curtis – a self-made millionaire – has employed Persephone's aunt. A garden designer in her sixties, she is to deal with the terraces and glasshouses of the once beautiful local manor house – one that he has acquired at vast expense. He also has plans to start an arts festival, as a means to avoid the loneliness of divorce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso in Melton are the Musgrove siblings, Thomas and Mary, whose parents originally owned and lived in Melton House. They are still trying to cope with emotional consequences of the tragic death of Thomas's wife, Celia. As is Francis, Celia's brother, who has come to live with them and thereby, perhaps, to find his way through life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Jack's festival comes together, so shall these disparate souls – their relationships intertwining, and their loves transformed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her' – Hilary Mantel, author of \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449899692406,"sku":"9781447272410","price":8.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27482290.jpg?v=1760446865","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781447272410-love-all","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}