{"product_id":"9781473517172","title":"Valley Of Decision","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel from the Booker-Prize winning author Stanley Middleton. Rejacked and reissued in Windmill.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary and David Blackwell are content in their marriage but when Mary, a talented opera singer, is offered the chance to sing in America, everything changes. David, a music teacher and amateur cellist, is left behind in England and, when he suddenly stops hearing from her, he must decide how to carry on and what to do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'It is a very, very long time since any book made me physically cry. But Stanley Middleton's\u003ci\u003e Valley of Decision\u003c\/i\u003e did just that, twice... The story is simple... Anyone, well almost anyone, could write that story... But only Mr Middleton could turn it into something approaching a small masterpiece.' Martyn Goff, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Increasingly, Middleton's command of the ordinary has become extraordinary... In this new novel the rigours and solaces of making music are cleverly (but uninsistently) counter-pointed with the human relationships that accompany them.' Anthony Thwaite, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107583770864,"sku":"9781473517172","price":12.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473517172_p0.jpg?v=1763602040","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473517172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}