{"product_id":"half-of-the-human-race-9780099531944","title":"Half of the Human Race","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer of 1911. English society is on the brink of change. The streets of London ring with cheers for a new king''s coronation and the cries of increasingly violent suffragette protests. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnie Callaway, fired up by the possibilities of independence, wants more than the conventional comforts of marriage. Spirited and courageous, she is determined to fight for ''the greatest cause the world has ever known''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Maitland, the rising star of county cricket, is a man of traditional opinions. He is both intrigued and appalled by Connie''s outspokenness and her quest for self-fulfilment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir lives become inextricably entangled just as the outbreak of war drives them further apart. Buffeted and spun by choice and chance, Connie and Will struggle against the aftershocks of war and the changes it wreaks. This is a deeply affecting story of love against all the odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePowerful and touching -- Clare Clark * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcellent and surprising\u003c\/b\u003e... wonderfully rich... A \u003cb\u003ethoroughly absorbing and moving\u003c\/b\u003e novel and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eit is a testament to the author's adaptability and energy that he is equally at home writing about feminist civil rights, cricket, prisons, art and medicine. \u003cb\u003eAnd love. Especially love. A good all-rounder indeed\u003c\/b\u003e -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn exhilarating love story * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eWhat lights up \u003ci\u003eHalf of the Human Race\u003c\/i\u003e is not only the Suffragist movement in all its glory and lunacy, but Quinn's affection for his cast... \u003cb\u003eSo often, historical fiction relies on research for its colour and depth of interest, but these are people who feel absorbingly real\u003c\/b\u003e in their misunderstandings, jokes, troubles and passions...and this makes the novel equally interesting to both sexes\u003cb\u003e...moving... compelling... satisfying\u003c\/b\u003e -- Amanda Craig * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eQuinn's\u003cb\u003e impeccable eye for detail, perfect pitch for the nuances of dialogue,\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003equiet, understated passion that enlivens his writing\u003c\/b\u003e combine here to make his considerable achievement seem effortless... \u003ci\u003eThe Rescue Man \u003c\/i\u003ewon prizes. \u003ci\u003eHalf of the Human Race\u003c\/i\u003e should follow in its footsteps and establish its author as \u003cb\u003eone of our most impressive novelists\u003c\/b\u003e -- Peter Stanford * Independent *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138092695895,"sku":"9780099531944","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099531944.jpg?v=1751917946","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/half-of-the-human-race-9780099531944","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}