{"product_id":"the-daffodil-days-by-helen-bain-9781526697714","title":"The Daffodil Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched and utterly convincing' Melissa Harrison, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Not a word is out of place. Full of understated lyricism ... an exquisite and spellbinding debut' Heather Clark, author of Red Comet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Luminous ... Helen Bain's prose is exact and alive, and the novel builds with a quietly devastating inexorable force you can't look away from' Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1960s, in a small town near Dartmoor, the church bells ring. The people of North Tawton go about their days, catching glimpses of one another's lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere's the local GP, who knows more about his patients than he would sometimes prefer. There's the young shop assistant at Kestrels, who understands that the ladies who come there for a new outfit sometimes hope to find a new self. There's the tenant farm labourer who rings the tower bells at the church three times a week, the notes - harmonious and clashing - rippling out across the rooftops of the town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmid all these lives, a young couple move into focus. New to the town with their small daughter, they have escaped London for a quieter existence in the thatched house beside the church, Court Green. The life they intend to build here - out of fresh lino tiles, second-hand furniture painted with hearts and flowers, and expertly-cooked suppers for weekend guests - will be a good and happy one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Daffodil Days depicts a pivotal year in the marriage of 20th-century literature's most infamous couple, witnessed by the people they lived among. It is a kaleidoscopic portrait of this enigmatic pair, refracted through the rich inner lives of a rural community caught - if only for a moment - in their light.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helen Bain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57473187348853,"sku":"9781526697714","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781526697714.jpg?v=1785851372","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-daffodil-days-by-helen-bain-9781526697714","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}