{"product_id":"9781805142621","title":"Looking for Joan and Other Stories by Christopher Owen","description":"Looking for Joan and Other Stories is a collection of stories set in UK, Ireland, and New York.   A bereft widower roams the city in search for his late wife. His `search' is advanced in five of the stories.   The odyssey of a couple separating and finding their way back to each other.   Four Marylebone Cricket Club Members at Lord's Cricket Ground.   A bibulous old actor is guide for the walk: `Murder in London's West End'.   Two small-time criminals work the bar at Fortnum and Masons in Regent's Street.   A woman remembers King's Cross, London.   Men lay turf in preparation for a VIP ceremony in a London Park.   A soprano and her pianist are stranded in Bristol.   A woman escapes to Ireland from the consequences of a fatal car accident.   Review of America Awaits Us, My Lovely:`They are sensitive and engaging and I have enjoyed reading them very much' - Penny Thomas former fiction editor, Seren Books.   `A wonderful story collection! They are so touching, unflinching, melancholy - everybody just about holding on.' - Chris Buckton, writer, educationist.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307212222837,"sku":"9781805142621","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805142621.jpg?v=1762803205","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781805142621","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}