{"product_id":"the-childrens-book-9780307473066","title":"The Children's Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - MAN BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE - From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e a story that spans the Victorian era through World War I about a children's author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the lives of her family and loved ones. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Majestic ... Dazzling ... Wonderful.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen children's book author Olive Wellwood's oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of a museum, she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends. But the joyful bacchanals Olive hosts at her rambling country house--and the separate, private books she writes for each of her seven children--conceal more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined. The Wellwoods' personal struggles and hidden desires unravel against a breathtaking backdrop of the cliff-lined shores of England to Paris, Munich, and the trenches of the Somme, as the Edwardian period dissolves into World War I and Europe's golden era comes to an end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307473066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2010 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/05\/2010 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"A. S. Byatt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916818616501,"sku":"9780307473066","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_023a2908-fa73-4144-9e37-5bcdf07412dd.jpg?v=1687271486","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-childrens-book-9780307473066","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}