{"product_id":"pagan-and-her-parents-isbn-9781906413743","title":"Pagan and Her Parents","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful novel about a gay man's struggle to adopt the daughter of his late best friend\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unputdownable' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Arditti writes exactly like Dickens' \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eI honestly couldn't put the book down'\u003ci\u003e Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandida Mulliner and Leo Young have been the  closest of friends since university, living together but loving  separately. When Candida dies after a long illness, she leaves her five  year old daughter, Pagan, in Leo's care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Candida's adoptive parents are  horrified; they refuse to accept that a single man is a suitable person  to bring up a child and challenge Leo's guardianship in the courts. The  ensuing hearings are complicated by tabloid exposure of Leo's  homosexuality, which threatens not only his position with Pagan but also  his job as a television chat-show host. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Leo fights for his and  Pagan's rights in a society that continues to regard gay men as a threat  to children, he finds himself isolated, vilified and, ultimately,  arrested. Meanwhile, he endeavours to discover the truth about Candida,  the cause of her estrangement from her adoptive parents, the identity of  her natural mother and the reason for her refusal to name Pagan's  father.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897256538341,"sku":"NP9781906413743","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_6371f323-20c8-4836-967c-51592bfdb296.jpg?v=1773104411","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/pagan-and-her-parents-isbn-9781906413743","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}