{"product_id":"9781844088386-the-vets-daughter","title":"The Vet's Daughter","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Virago Modern Classic\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Comyns' witty and touching classic \u003ci\u003eThe Vet's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of Alice, a young woman from Edwardian South London who is gripped by strange and mysterious powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A small Gothic masterpiece . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' SARAH WATERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It projects its fantastic story with a tangible realness . A wonderful and original novel' ALAN HOLLINGHURST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'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, \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Vet's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is a uniquely vivid, witty and touching story of love and mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449883439478,"sku":"9781844088386","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26748529.jpg?v=1760446837","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781844088386-the-vets-daughter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}