{"product_id":"the-vets-daughter","title":"The Vet's Daughter","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349019666\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' \u003c\/b\u003eSARAH WATERS\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful and original novel' \u003c\/b\u003eALAN HOLLINGHURST\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The strange off-beat talent of Barbara Comyns [whose] innocent eye observes with child-like simplicity the most fantastic or the most ominous occurrence' \u003c\/b\u003eGRAHAM GREENE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else'\u003c\/b\u003e MAGGIE O'FARRELL\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI comforted myself with the knowledge that at least I wasn't earthbound like most people.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a house full of screeching animals in Edwardian South London, Alice lives in the shadow of her domineering father. Longing to escape, she retreats ever deeper into a world of memories, fantasies and rapturous longings - until she discovers an extraordinary secret power of her own. But the strange events that unfold lead her, dressed in bridal white, to a scene of ecstatic triumph and disaster among the crowds on Clapham Common. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlackly funny and indelibly haunting, The Vet's Daughter combines shocking realism with a visionary edge.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eINTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859677094021,"sku":"PR433025","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG5YNVKCXPA.jpg?v=1789102993","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-vets-daughter","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}