{"product_id":"french-braid","title":"French Braid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA brilliantly perceptive, painfully true and funny journey deep into one family's foibles, from the 1950s right up to the changed world of today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen the kids are grown and Mercy Garrett gradually moves herself out of the family home, everyone is determined not to notice. Over at her studio, she wants space and silence. She won't allow any family clutter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot even their cat, Desmond. Yet it is a clutter of untidy moments that forms the Garretts' family life over the decades, whether that's a painstaking Easter lunch or giving a child a ride, a fateful train journey or an unexpected homecoming. And it all begins in 1959, with a family holiday to a cabin by a lake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt's the only one the Garretts will ever take, but its effects will ripple through the generations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anne Tyler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42642615599361,"sku":"9781529115475","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-07-20T161556.403.png?v=1689866167","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/french-braid","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}