{"product_id":"all-the-way-to-summer-stories-of-love-and-longing-9781913547646","title":"All the Way to Summer: Stories of Love and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThis Mortal Boy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo mothers fight over who will wear a hat on their children's wedding day. A needle is lost somewhere inside a woman’s body. A writer waits with a suitcase for a man who never comes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together Fiona Kidman’s finest and most scandalous stories, vividly depicting the joys of female desire and the pain of heartbreak, the thrill of illicit liaisons and the twists and turns of unconventional love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes joyful, often devastating and always beautiful, \u003ci\u003eAll the Way to Summer\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing account of love and loss from a pioneering feminist icon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tales of loss and betrayal and twisted love abound in this perfect collection’ Liz Nugent, author of \u003ci\u003eStrange Sally Diamond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAll the Way to Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A magnificent book . . . Fiona Kidman is a splendid writer and this book exceeds expectations. Tales of loss and betrayal and twisted love abound in this perfect collection’ Liz Nugent, author of \u003ci\u003eStrange Sally Diamond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Kidman’s quiet, deft narratives startle with flashes of sensuous images . . . wise, subtle tales' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Kidman's subtlety and her trust of the reader's intellect is a vein that runs through her work . . . insightful, restrained in parts, and always beautiful. They do not make a fuss, but they will sure as hell make you cry’ \u003ci\u003eOtago Daily Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Powerfully encapsulates love in all its forms . . . the deep-felt love that springs from her acute powers of observation, a tight-knit family and enduring friendships’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Fiona Kidman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Kidman’s prose is precise, detailed, lyric' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Magnetic’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Kidman, a poet, is a beautiful writer' \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A masterful storyteller’\u003ci\u003e The Lady \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A truly gifted writer' Trip Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470294028631,"sku":"9781913547646","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/all-the-way-to-summer-stories-of-love-and-longing-9781913547646","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}