{"product_id":"the-holiday-friend-isbn-9781473679870","title":"The Holiday Friend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A powerful tragedy'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescribed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e upon her death as 'one of Britain's best-known novelists', \u003c\/b\u003eplunge yourself into the wry world of Pamela Hansford Johnson in this story of seduction and marriage, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Jane Howard and Barbara Pym.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e******************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGavin and Hannah Eastwood are a happy couple, holidaying with their overprotected eleven-year-old son Giles in a beautiful village on the coast of Belgium. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Melissa is a student of Gavin's, also in the village, having followed Gavin there. A hopeless romantic living in a fantasy, she obsessively follows the family, going out of her way to bump into the couple repeatedly - soon becoming inescapable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  While Gavin pities her, Hannah finds her presence alarming; and while they're distracted by her appearances, they miss Giles secretly pursuing his own sinister friendship. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Teases your curiosity and plays on your sympathy' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e******************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Pamela Hansford Johnson:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Witty, satirical and deftly malicious' \u003cb\u003eAnthony Burgess\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A remarkable craftswoman' \u003cb\u003eA.S. Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hansford Johnson at her wittiest is Waugh mingled with Malcolm Bradbury \u003cb\u003eRuth Rendell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A writer whose memory fully deserves to be kept alive' \u003cb\u003eJonathan Coe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895027134693,"sku":"NP9781473679870","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/40063cc9-a037-4dd7-9c4d-ab0000e269c1.jpg?v=1767986261","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-holiday-friend-isbn-9781473679870","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}