{"product_id":"commonwealth","title":"Commonwealth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eNext, dive into TOM LAKE – the breath-taking new novel from Ann Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dazzling … life-affirming and compulsively readable' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Patchett blends wisdom and humanity jointly with the icy forensic gaze of someone not afraid to expose the frailties of human behaviour ... Read it' \u003c\/b\u003eJojo Moyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding novel ... a master of her art' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s christening party uninvited and notices a heart stoppingly beautiful woman. When he kisses Beverly Keating, his host’s wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families, whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago. When she meets the famous author Leon Posen one night at the bar, and tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60987661353294,"sku":"9781408880364","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781408880364.jpg?v=1790605532","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/commonwealth","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}