{"product_id":"the-house-in-france-9781408822258","title":"The House in France","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eA vivid, funny and moving memoir about growing up in an astonishing family; a love-letter to a mother and to an extraordinary house\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A superbly entertaining memoir full of delicious anecdote, witty portraiture, and unexpected pathos''\u003c\/b\u003e Zoe Heller\u003cb\u003e''The cast of characters in Gully Wells''s memoir is certainly entertaining ... exquisitely delivered'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003eIn 2009, six years after her mother''s death, Gully Wells returns to La Migoua, the house in Provence which belonged to her mother - the glamorous, funny, unpredictable and furiously rude American journalist, Dee Wells. Surrounded by the clutter of decades, Gully is taken back to her childhood, to her mother, her adored stepfather - the celebrated, brilliant, womanising Oxford philosopher, A. J. Ayer - and to the rich, sensual memories that the house evokes.Gully''s beautiful, rebellious mother Dee fled Boston when she was seventeen to join the Canadian Army, where she became a Sergeant Major. She\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A superbly entertaining memoir full of delicious anecdote, witty portraiture, and unexpected pathos' * Zoe Heller *\u003cbr\u003e‘Travel, celebrity, infidelity - and a generous dose of Provence. Charming and fascinating' * Peter Mayle, author of \u003ci\u003eA Year in Provence\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e‘Gully's writing is like her marvellous figure: lean, provocative and built for humour' * Rupert Everett *\u003cbr\u003eThe cast of characters in Gully Wells's memoir is certainly entertaining ... exquisitely delivered * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eSo extravagantly entertaining are the opening chapters that you feel this might possibly be the most generous book ever written. Wells piles our plates high -- Frances Wilson * Times Literary Supplement *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151262740823,"sku":"9781408822258","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-house-in-france-9781408822258","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}