{"product_id":"9780141196848","title":"The Golden Apples","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Welty, Eudora, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/07\/2011,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Classics,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141196848\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1949, THE GOLDEN APPLES is an acutely observed, richly atmospheric portrayal of small town life in Morgana, Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's Snowdie, who has to bring up her twin boys alone after her husband, King Maclain, disappears one day, discarding his hat on the banks of the Big Black. There's Loch Morrison, convalescing with malaria, who watches from his bedroom window as wayward Virgie Rainey meets a sailor in the vacant house opposite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Miss Eckhart the piano teacher, grieving the loss of her most promising pupil, tries her hand at arson. Eudora Welty has a fine ear for dialogue and describes each of the characters in incisive, haunting prose. '...in the South,' she says, 'everybody stays busy talking all the time - they're not sorry for you to overhear their tales'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelty deftly picks up their stories to create an unflinching potrait of everyday life in the American South and offers a deeply moving look at human nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstone's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44090291192045,"sku":"9780141196848","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780141196848.jpg?v=1683640349","url":"https:\/\/steyningbookshop.info\/products\/9780141196848","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}