{"product_id":"9781529949315","title":"The Party - SIGNED EDITION","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSIGNED EDITION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Tessa Hadley\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Historical fiction | Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e October 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 128 pages \u003cbr\u003e198mm x 129mm | 200g\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable story about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master chronicler of our heart’s hidden desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Tessa Hadley is my favourite author’ KATE ATKINSON On a winter Saturday night in post-war Bristol, sisters Moira and Evelyn, on the cusp of adulthood, go to an art students’ party in a dockside pub; there they meet two men, Paul and Sinden, whose air of worldliness and sophistication both intrigues and repels them. Sinden calls a few days later to invite them over to the grand suburban mansion Paul shares with his brother and sister, and Moira accepts despite Evelyn’s misgivings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the night unfolds in this unfamiliar, glamorous new setting, the sisters learn things about themselves and each other that shock them, and release them into a new phase of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Few writers give me such consistent pleasure’ ZADIE SMITH‘A glimmering tale of two sisters’ FT ‘Hadley’s extraordinary skill [is] making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive’ COLM TÓIBÍN ‘Exhilarating… A deft tale of risk and possibility’ TLS *A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES*\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55528276099447,"sku":"9781529949315","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781529949315.jpg?v=1754061271","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781529949315","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}