{"product_id":"9780571305148","title":"The Centre of the Green","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1959 \u003cb\u003eThe Centre of the Green\u003c\/b\u003e is John Bowen's third novel. The story centres around the Baker family: the father Justin is a retired Colonel; the mother, Teresa, is over-possessive and refuses to admit that her sons have grown-up; the sons Julian and Charles - one is a married advertising copywriter with a penchant for extra-marital affairs while the other is withdrawn and suicidal, desperately looking for human contact in the vast anonymity of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is Julian's involvement with a seventeen-year-old girl that sparks the chain of events that eventually encompasses the whole family. The scene shifts between Devonshire, London and Majorca as each member of the family searches for a resolution to the impasse into which they have drifted and struggle to regain the family ties that they once had. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA subtle, intelligent and compassionate novel \u003cb\u003eThe Centre of the Green\u003c\/b\u003e was commended by the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e for its 'admirable vitality', while the \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e described it as 'a series of expertly managed shocks'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103422759152,"sku":"9780571305148","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571305148_p0.jpg?v=1763719185","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571305148","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}