{"product_id":"lie-of-the-land-h-b-z25","title":"The Lie of the Land: ‘A very good read indeed' Matt Haig [2017] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Terrific, page-turning, slyly funny' India Knight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As satisfying a novel as I have read in years' Sarah Perry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Absolutely magnificent' Marian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can't afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they can't afford to go on living in London; instead, they must downsize and move their three children to a house in a remote part of Devon. Arrogant and adulterous, Quentin can't understand why Lottie is so angry; devastated and humiliated, Lottie feels herself to have been intolerably wounded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMud, mice and quarrels are one thing - but why is their rent so low? What is the mystery surrounding their unappealing new home? The beauty of the landscape is ravishing, yet it conceals a dark side involving poverty, revenge, abuse and violence which will rise up to threaten them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSally Verity, happily married but unhappily childless knows a different side to country life, as both a Health Visitor and a sheep farmer's wife; and when Lottie's innocent teenage son Xan gets a zero-hours contract at a local pie factory, he sees yet another.  At the end of their year, the lives of all will be changed for ever. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA suspenseful black comedy, this is a rich, compassionate and enthralling novel in its depiction of the English countryside, and the potentially lethal interplay between money and marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craig, Amanda","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42323563118777,"sku":"9781408709290","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/craig-amanda-the-lie-of-the-land-a-very-good-read-indeed-matt-haig-2017-hardback-9781408709290-60084301627731.jpg?v=1731826742","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/lie-of-the-land-h-b-z25","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}