{"product_id":"bournville-hardcover","title":"Bournville - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Coe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tender and wickedly funny portrait of England told through four generations of one family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBournville is a quiet village in the heart of England famous for its chocolate. For eleven-year-old Mary, it is the center of her world, the place where most of her family's friends and neighbors have worked for decades and where the streets smell faintly of chocolate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the next three-quarters of a century, Mary will have children and grandchildren and great-children. She will live through the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the 1966 World Cup final (the last time England won), royal weddings and royal funerals, Brexit and Covid-19. Parts of the chocolate factory will be transformed into a theme park, and Bournville itself will gradually disappear into the sprawl of the growing city of Birmingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we travel through seventy-five years of social change, from James Bond to Princess Diana, and from wartime nostalgia to the World Wide Web, one pressing question starts to emerge: will these changing times bring Mary's family--and their country--closer together, or leave them more adrift and divided than ever before?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBournville \u003c\/em\u003eis a rich and poignant new novel from the bestselling, Costa award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eMiddle England. \u003c\/em\u003eIt is the story of a woman, of a nation's love affair with chocolate, of Britain itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.3 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753129541920,"sku":"9781609459420","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/04ea6f86696a6f157ceb63cc7551dc70.webp?v=1780013393","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bournville-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}