{"product_id":"the-painters-daughters-the-awardwinning-debut-novel-selected-for-bbc-radio-2-book-club-9781399610780","title":"The Painter's Daughters: The award-winning debut novel selected for BBC Radio 2 Book Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn 1759 Ipswich, sisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends, but Molly has a tendency to forget who she is and fall into mental confusion. When the family moves to Bath, Peggy falls in love and must question everything she has done for her sister. This is a moving exploration of familial ties and the grief of a life half-lived. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 February 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club, Winner of the MSLEXIA Novel Competition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI raced through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHILARY MANTEL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs exquisitely and tenderly rendered as a Gainsborough painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRACY CHEVALIER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderfully powerful and haunting novel with a hugely gripping plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEBORAH MOGGACH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1759, Ipswich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends and do everything together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey spy on their father as he paints, they rankle their mother as she manages the books, they tear barefoot through the muddy fields that surround their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is another reason they are inseparable: from a young age, Molly has had a tendency to forget who she is, to fall into mental confusion, and Peggy knows instinctively that no one must find out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the family move to Bath, the sisters are thrown into the whirl of polite society, where the merits of marriage and codes of behaviour are crystal clear, and secrets much harder to keep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Peggy goes to greater lengths to protect her sister from the threat of an asylum, she finds herself falling in love, and their precarious situation is soon thrown catastrophically off course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe discovery of a betrayal forces Peggy to question all she has done for Molly - and whether any one person can truly change the fate of another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA moving exploration of the familial ties that bind us and the grief of a life half-lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eELIZABETH MACNEAL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVividly imagined and exquisitely brought to the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRACHEL JOYCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful debut\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJO BROWNING WROE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 608g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 164 x 241 x 35 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781399610780\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emily Howes","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":45266091475194,"sku":"9781399610780","price":14.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1709308389151_book.jpg?v=1709363961","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-painters-daughters-the-awardwinning-debut-novel-selected-for-bbc-radio-2-book-club-9781399610780","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}