{"product_id":"the-little-stranger","title":"The Little Stranger","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the multi-award-winning and bestselling author of \u003cb\u003eThe Night Watch\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/b\u003e comes an astonishing novel about love, loss, and the sometimes unbearable weight of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to see a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the once grand house is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its garden choked with weeds. All around, the world is changing, and the family is struggling to adjust to a society with new values and rules.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoddie Ayres, who returned from World War II physically and emotionally wounded, is desperate to keep the house and what remains of the estate together for the sake of his mother and his sister, Caroline. Mrs. Ayres is doing her best to hold on to the gracious habits of a gentler era and Caroline seems cheerfully prepared to continue doing the work a team of servants once handled, even if it means having little chance for a life of her own beyond Hundreds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Dr. Faraday becomes increasingly entwined in the Ayreses’ lives, signs of a more disturbing nature start to emerge, both within the family and in Hundreds Hall itself. And Faraday begins to wonder if they are all threatened by something more sinister than a dying way of life, something that could subsume them completely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth a nuanced evocation of 1940s England and the most chill-inducing novel of psychological suspense in years, \u003cb\u003eThe Little Stranger\u003c\/b\u003e confirms Sarah Waters as one of the finest and most exciting novelists writing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sarah-waters-books\"\u003eSarah Waters\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Geographic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780771087899\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"National Geographic Books","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £4.40","offer_id":47914234216625,"sku":"SB-0771087896-C2","price":4.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0771087896.jpg?v=1789237630","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-little-stranger","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}