{"product_id":"mothers-boy-1","title":"Mother's Boy","description":"''Tender, evocative'' TLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Richly engaging'' Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Radio 4 Serial Fiction Book of the Week \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next'' Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively written'' Irish Examiner\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A wonderful novel - a touching, utterly convincing portrait of the nascent artist'' Mail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A deeply moving novel. The portrait of a complex relationship that constricted as much as it sustained is brilliantly done'' The Tablet","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57824590332239,"sku":"9781472257437","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/mothers-boy-1","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}