{"product_id":"clare-chambers-5-books-collection-set-back-trouble-the-editors-wife-a-dry-spell-learning-to-swim-in-a-good-light","title":"Clare Chambers 5 Books Collection Set (Back Trouble, The Editor's Wife, A Dry Spell, Learning To Swim, In A Good Light)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClare Chambers 5 Books Collection Set (Back Trouble, The Editor's Wife, A Dry Spell, Learning To Swim, In A Good Light)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack Trouble\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOn the brink of forty, newly single with a failed business, Philip thought he'd reached an all-time low.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt only needed a discarded chip on a South London street to lay him literally flat. So, bedbound and bored, Philip naturally starts to write the story of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut between the mundane catalogue of seaside holidays and bodged DIY, broken relationships and unspoken truths, more surprises are revealed, both comic and touching, than Philip or his family ever bargained for. Even, perhaps, a happy ending...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Editor's Wife\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen aspiring novelist Christopher Flinders drops out of university to write his masterpiece (in between shifts as a fish delivery man and builder's mate), his family is sceptical.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut when he is taken up by the London editor Owen Goddard and his charming wife Diana it seems success is just around the corner. Christopher's life has so far been rather short of charm - growing up in an unlovely suburb, with unambitious parents and a semi-vagrant brother - and he is captivated by his generous and cultured mentors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Dry Spell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn 1976 four students took a trip to the desert. Now the repercussions of that fateful summer are coming back to haunt them...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd repercussions are just what Guy doesn't need: his wife, Jane, is moving swiftly from slightly eccentric to downright peculiar, their three-year-old daughter seems set on destroying Jane's sanity, and now even God's gone quiet on him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs for Nina, she's having enough trouble with her son, James. He's got exams looming, a new girlfriend with pneumatic breasts and now, it seems, he's on drugs. Nina certainly won't welcome any ghosts from the past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearning To Swim\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbigail Jex never expected to see any of the Radley household again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Radley's were extraordinary, captivating creatures transplanted from a bohemian corner of North London to outer suburbia, and the young Abigail found herself drawn into their magic circle: the eccentric Frances, her new best friend; Frances' mother, the liberated, headstrong Lexi; and of course the brilliant, beautiful Rad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn A Good Light\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWithout even noticing, Esther Fairchild has become locked into routine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving with her adored brother, Christian, she divides her time between illustrating children's books, nightly shifts as a waitress, weekly visits to her father and fortnightly meetings with her married lover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen one day she encounters a face in the crowd which jolts her out of her mundane existence and makes her question both her life and the past that has helped to shape it. Memories she had long chosen to forget begin to resurface. Memories of an eccentric childhood in a large and shabby house, where the children were left to fend for themselves within the loose boundaries of their parents' unorthodox values. A chaotic existence peopled by a rich collection of feckless 'guests'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65048398332281,"sku":"SNW12012","price":54.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/6482\/6995\/files\/ClareChambers-5BooksSet.jpg?v=1793357790","url":"https:\/\/book4people.com\/products\/clare-chambers-5-books-collection-set-back-trouble-the-editors-wife-a-dry-spell-learning-to-swim-in-a-good-light","provider":"books4people","version":"1.0","type":"link"}