{"product_id":"9781472121998","title":"The Speaker's Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rev Tom Ross's quiet and semi-alcoholic life as chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons is about to be shattered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePastor Petroc Stone of a central London, evangelical church gives sanctuary to a young man being chased by the police for making an anti-Islamic protest. Politicians rage about the Church of England giving a safe haven to a dangerous criminal and Islamists surround the church building, furious at the boy's insult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, the charismatic, white-maned Don of Doubt, Augustus Dymock, and his secular campaign, the Thought Foundation, are pressuring the Church to sell hundreds of its under-used places of worship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the stories twist and flow together, Ross finds himself caught up in a world of bribes, violence and political spin and, at high personal cost, he must confront his demons. \u003ci\u003eThe Speaker's Wife \u003c\/i\u003emixes Westminster intrigue with searching depictions of an England which has neglected its beliefs. Laugh-aloud satire is mixed with moving passages about the human condition and even a fairytale love story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169749319920,"sku":"9781472121998","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472121998_p0.jpg?v=1763597592","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472121998","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}