{"product_id":"9780349019666","title":"The Vet's Daughter","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthors: Barbara Comyns \u0026amp; Jane Gardam\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e January 2026 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of the 'Virago Modern Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 176 pages \u003cbr\u003e208mm x 128mm | 145g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' SARAH WATERS'A wonderful and original novel' ALAN HOLLINGHURST'The strange off-beat talent of Barbara Comyns [whose] innocent eye observes with child-like simplicity the most fantastic or the most ominous occurrence' GRAHAM GREENE 'Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else' MAGGIE O'FARRELLI comforted myself with the knowledge that at least I wasn't earthbound like most people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.  Blackly funny and indelibly haunting, The Vet's Daughter combines shocking realism with a visionary edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56494704066935,"sku":"9780349019666","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780349019666.jpg?v=1767961268","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780349019666","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}