{"product_id":"mothers-boy","title":"Mother's Boy","description":"'Tender, evocative' TLS\n\n'Richly engaging' Spectator\n\nA Radio 4 Serial Fiction Book of the Week\n\n'A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next' Observer\n\n'A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively written' Irish Examiner\n_______\n\nLaura, a laundress, meets her young husband when they are both placed in service in Teignmouth in 1914. They have a baby, Charles, but his father returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave Laura a widow.\n\nAs a new war looms, Charles signs up for the navy as a coder. His escape from the tight, gossipy confines of Launceston to a more colourful life in action sees him blossom, as he experiences the possibility of death, and the excitement - even terror - of a love that is as clandestine as his work.\n_______\n\n'Stands with the best queer literary fiction of a historical bent, illuminated as it is by Gale's devilish wit and talent for both social observation and intricacies of character' Sydney Morning Herald\n\n'A wonderful novel - a touching, utterly convincing portrait of the nascent artist' Mail on Sunday\n\n'A deeply moving novel. The portrait of a complex relationship that constricted as much as it sustained is brilliantly done' The Tablet\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1472257413\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.1472257413.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gale, Patrick\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition.  Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45973504458949,"sku":"LFV.1472257413.VG","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/1472257413-0.jpg?v=1773853045","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/mothers-boy","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}