{"product_id":"9781781253175","title":"Queenie","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Munro, Alice \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 October 2013 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 64 pages\u003cbr\u003e151 x 106 x 5 | 44g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Read not more than one of her stories a day, and allow them to work their spell slowly: they are made to last' GuardianWhen her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates has described Alice Munro's work as 'tales of domestic tragicomedy that seemed to open up, as if by magic, into wider, deeper, vaster dimensions.' Queenie is Munro at her subtle, heart-breaking best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the great short story writers not just of our time but of any time' New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45802795270403,"sku":"9781781253175","price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781781253175.jpg?v=1731404312","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781781253175","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}