{"product_id":"the-woods-in-winter-9781913527815","title":"The Woods in Winter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e...for the first time in her life, she was living as she had always unknowingly wanted to live: in freedom and solitude, with an animal for close companion. Her new life had acted upon her like a strong and delicious drug.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvy Gower, a curmudgeonly middle-aged charwoman with some slightly witchy talents, inherits a rural cottage in Buckinghamshire and takes up residence near the tiny village of Little Warby. Having settled in with a rescued dog and a pet pigeon, she manages, despite her anti-social instincts, to have surprising effects on her new neighbours, including Angela Mordaunt, a spinster still mourning her dead beau, Coral and Pearl Cartaret, ditzy sisters who have just opened a tea shop, the local vicar, and wealthy Lord Gowerville, whose devotion she earns by healing his beloved dog. But her biggest challenge will likely be the 12-year-old runaway who shows up at her door...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending vivid characters and a deep knowledge of human nature, this is also a funny and poignant tale of the challenges and freedoms of old age and solitude. \u003ci\u003eThe Woods in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1970 and was the last novel Stella Gibbons wrote for publication. This new edition features an introduction by twentieth-century women's historian Elizabeth Crawford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Stella Gibbons sees people as they really are but she observes them so lovingly as well as acutely that one loves them too' \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Goudge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913527815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.51d","brand":"Stella Gibbons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027345002677,"sku":"9781913527815","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_08d877ee-aaeb-42d7-99c6-4d9401f851d2.jpg?v=1609192667","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-woods-in-winter-9781913527815","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}