{"product_id":"the-long-long-afternoon","title":"The Long, Long Afternoon","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYesterday, I kissed my husband for the last time ...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt's the summer of 1959, and the well-trimmed lawns of Sunnylakes, California, wilt under the sun. At some point during the long, long afternoon, Joyce Haney, wife, mother, vanishes from her home, leaving behind two terrified children and a bloodstain on the kitchen floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile the Haney's neighbours get busy organising search parties, it is Ruby Wright, the family's 'help', who may hold the key to this unsettling mystery. Ruby knows more about the secrets behind Sunnylakes' starched curtains than anyone, and it isn't long before the detective in charge of the case wants her help. But what might it cost her to get involved?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn these long hot summer afternoons, simmering with lies, mistrust and prejudice, it could only take one spark for this whole 'perfect' world to set alight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA beguiling, deeply atmospheric debut novel from the cracked heart of the American Dream,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Long, Long Afternoon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis at once a page-turning mystery and an intoxicating vision of the ways in which women everywhere are diminished, silenced and ultimately under-estimated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inga Vesper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40818901811362,"sku":"9781838772284","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/Untitleddesign_33.png?v=1726409300","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/the-long-long-afternoon","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}