{"product_id":"9781068618994","title":"Back Up North by Ally Shepherd","description":"After a decade overseas, Ally Shepherd got stuck in the Northwest of England amid 2020's pandemic chaos. She promptly became a born-again Northerner and, probably annoyingly, wanted to tell the world.?Documenting her journey to understand herself through the region in which she grew up, she explores its pressing questions, such as: ? Is there still a North\/South divide?? Was she descended from a Pendle witch? ? Why does Liverpool have a slavery museum? ? What's with Scouse and Geordie accents? ? Where are Northern women's stories in TV, film, and literature? ? And is it okay to eat chips, cheese and gravy? (Spoiler: The answer to the last question is `yes').?Drawing on history, politics, pop culture, and folklore - as well as a childhood in Cheshire, family stories from Lancashire, and an education in Yorkshire - Back Up North explores the region's diverse legacy of food, music, literature, dialect, social change and superstition.?Give it a read, pet. Tha might learn summat..\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296347763061,"sku":"9781068618994","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781068618994.jpg?v=1762771129","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781068618994","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}