{"product_id":"9781946022707","title":"The Girls by John Bowen","description":"In their lovely old Cotswolds village, Janet and Susan are known to all the other villagers as ?_othe girls?__ - a fixture. Partners in love and work, co-proprietors of a picturesque shop specialising in the work of local artisans and farmers, they lead an enviable, enviably settled life.   So it?_Ts no catastrophe when Sue, the younger of the two, feels the need to take a month to travel on her own, leaving Jan alone to run their stall at the Inland Waterways Rally Craft Fair. Nor is it any real threat when a kindly gay man named Alan lends Jan a hand in Sue?_Ts absence, or when the two wind up sharing some wine and even a bunk for the night.   If Jan turns out to be pregnant some weeks after Sue?_Ts return to the nest, what?_Ts that but cause for joy? And when Alan happens to come visiting, by and by, finding the delighted girls raising a beautiful baby boy, who can blame him for wanting to share in a small part of their bliss?Yes, theirs is an enviable, enviably settled life. And the girls will defend it with every tool at their disposal.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43595661410482,"sku":"9781946022707","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781946022707.jpg?v=1705268151","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781946022707","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}