{"product_id":"the-party-by-tessa-hadley-9781529949315","title":"The Party","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exhilarating winter tale of two sisters drawn into a new life of risk, passion and possibility. \"Tessa Hadley is my favourite author\" Kate Atkinson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a winter Saturday night in post-war Bristol, sisters Moira and Evelyn, on the cusp of adulthood, go to an art students' party in a dockside pub. There they meet two men, Paul and Sinden, whose air of worldliness and sophistication both intrigues and repels them. Sinden calls a few days later to invite them over to the grand suburban mansion Paul shares with his brother and sister, and Moira accepts despite Evelyn's misgivings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the night unfolds in this unfamiliar, glamorous new setting, the sisters learn things about themselves and each other that shock them, and release them into a new phase of their lives. A Sunday times book of the year. \"Few writers give me such consistent pleasure\" Zadie Smith. \"A glimmering tale of two sisters'\" FT. \"Hadley's extraordinary skill [is] making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive\" Colm Tóibín\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tessa Hadley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57473191805301,"sku":"9781529949315","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781529949315.jpg?v=1785851408","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-party-by-tessa-hadley-9781529949315","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}