{"product_id":"9781787703537-laura-laura","title":"Laura Laura","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[Francis] is just so good at the transcription and transformation of everyday ordinary life, all seen from sideways on, so that everything becomes so strange and so funny.”—Tessa Hadley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[Francis] is just so good at the transcription and transformation of everyday ordinary life, all seen from sideways on, so that everything becomes so strange and so funny.”–Tessa Hadley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn elderly academic is accosted by a homeless woman on his way home from the cinema. She tells him her name is Laura. So begins a nightmarish journey for Gerald, who is forced to confront the mystery of his own past and to ask himself if he has lived a good life – or even a decent one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the course of this very funny, sometimes disturbing and often moving novel, suppressed memories return to haunt him, including the question of the role he played in a family tragedy. Above all he has to assess the harm he may have done in a long-forgotten love affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose close to him suddenly appear unfathomable as he begins to question if he truly knows those closest to him and even himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe problem with exploring the past, Gerald begins to see, is that there are an infinite number of ways to travel through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945471783009,"sku":"9781787703537","price":4.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36362183_b6e7eccf-767c-489d-b33f-f2741ba6430b.jpg?v=1759442799","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787703537-laura-laura","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}