{"product_id":"9781589880863","title":"The Summer House: A Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A work of astonishing illumination and delight...so edgy, bright and subversive about women's inner lives and experience.\"—Francine Prose, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Summer House\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy, three very different women, with three very distinct perspectives, narrate three very witty novels concerning one disastrous wedding in the offing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Clothes in the Wardrobe\u003c\/i\u003e: Nineteen-year-old Margaret feels more trepidation than joy at the prospect of her marriage to forty-year-old Syl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skeleton in the Cupboard\u003c\/i\u003e: Syl’s mother, Mrs. Monro, doesn’t know quite what to make of her son’s life, but she knows Margaret should not marry him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fly in the Ointment\u003c\/i\u003e: And then there’s Lili, the free spirit who is determined that the wedding shall not happen, no matter the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Her style is succinct, her humor dry…Unputdownable.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The subtlety of James, the comedy of Spark, the penetrating—and the deep, unflinching—eye of Jane Austen.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A witty and original writer.\"—\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Inspired malice...Alice Thomas Ellis only bothers with the things that really bother her. That's why her novel is short. That's why her novel is good.\"—Victoria Glendinning in \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It oozes enjoyable malice.\"—\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The glitter comes from Alice Thomas Ellis's mastery in keeping just the right distance between tones and undertones...This is a dark comedy.\"—\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Thomas Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (1932–2005) was one of Britain's most widely admired writers. Her dozen novels include \u003ci\u003eThe 27th Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for a Booker Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Inn at the Edge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1991 Writers' Guild Award for Best Fiction. She also published many essays and edited books by Penelope Fitzgerald and Beryl Bainbridge. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dry, Paul Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055779594480,"sku":"9781589880863","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781589880863_p0.jpg?v=1763801674","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781589880863","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}