{"product_id":"the-vets-daughter-by-barbara-comyns","title":"The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrowing up in Edwardian South London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release from a life that is dreary, restrictive and lonely. Her father, a vet, is harsh and domineering; his new girlfriend brash and lascivious. Alice seeks refuge in memories and fantasies, in her rapturous longing for Nicholas, a handsome young sailor and in the blossoming of what she perceives as her occult powers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA series of strange events unfolds that leads her, dressed in bridal white to a scene of ecstatic triumph and disaster among the crowds on Clapham Common. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vet’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a uniquely vivid, witty and touching story of love and mystery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, very good condition. Minimal creasing on spine. Pages are clean and binding is tight.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Virago, 2014 (first published 1959).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781844088386\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49158865191154,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/IMG_20260506_194601499.jpg?v=1778175286","url":"https:\/\/www.laureltreebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-vets-daughter-by-barbara-comyns","provider":"Laurel Tree Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}