{"product_id":"9780008657604","title":"Accidental Darlings","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Jeans, Crystal \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eOf specific Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian interest\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22 May 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 23 | 228g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Delightfully subversive, I loved it' RED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The darkly funny new novel from Polari Prize-shortlisted author Crystal Jeans, inspired in part by Dickens' Great Expectations…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  It’s 1924, and the village of Skimpole is full of secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  When Anastasia’s mother dies, she must move in with ‘the Aunt’ – a writer, too fearsome for a first name, who lives in a dilapidated mansion with her dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But mysteries abound: who wrote the raunchy love letters she discovers in the Aunt’s bedroom, signed ‘Big Willy’? Why do the villagers hate the Aunt so much? And how did Anastasia’s father, who passed before she was born, really die?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When the Aunt’s friends arrive at the house one summer, wreathed in cigarette smoke and an air of debauchery, Anastasia may be closer to finding answers – but the truth will turn her world upside down…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Guisborough Bookshop Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51468891455824,"sku":"9780008657604","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/4988\/2448\/files\/9780008657604_8af7d4f5-444a-4ec2-acc4-93563efca38d.jpg?v=1765990787","url":"https:\/\/guisboroughbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008657604","provider":"guisboroughbookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}