{"product_id":"9781504033794","title":"Her Victory: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story of love and romance between two lost people in 1950s Britain, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Every morning Pam decides to leave George. Somehow she never quite gets around to it. She’s flirted with suicide too, but she doesn’t see the point. A woman would have to be mad to kill herself for the sake of George. He’s a brute, vain and selfish, with a cruel sense of humor and absolutely no regard for his wife. Someday she will leave him: Why not today?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Pam flees to London, where she takes refuge in a lonely, sparsely furnished room. With a twist of her wrist, she turns on the gas and resigns herself to death, only to be rescued by a neighbor. Tom, a former sailor in the Merchant Navy who has just come into a surprise inheritance, is carrying scars of his own. Bound by despair, these two unlikely lovers begin a new life, and together they will find a reason to live\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This lonely middle-aged couple finds victory in living, searching for love and happiness, and overcoming their pasts. In its portrayal of women, \u003ci\u003eHer Victory\u003c\/i\u003e has been compared to the novels of Doris Lessing and Margaret Drabble, and it is award-winning author Alan Sillitoe at his very best.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181875282160,"sku":"9781504033794","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504033794_p0.jpg?v=1763709677","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504033794","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}