{"product_id":"one-day-i-shall-astonish-the-world-hardcover","title":"One Day I Shall Astonish the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Stibbe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eLove, Nina\u003c\/i\u003e, a frank, tender, and poignantly funny story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSusan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNina Stibbe's new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship: from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Stibbe\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two works of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eLove, Nina\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Almost Perfect Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e, and three previous novels, \u003ci\u003eMan at the Helm, Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLodge\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReasons to Be Cheerful\u003c\/i\u003e, which won both the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrize for Comic Fiction and the Comedy Women in Print Prize.\u003ci\u003e Love, Nina\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted by Nick Hornby into a BBC TV series. Stibbe lives in Cornwall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 8.52 x 5.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766899310880,"sku":"9780316430340","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7937d53d2412f7720b166680607bdd8c.webp?v=1780300767","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/one-day-i-shall-astonish-the-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}