{"product_id":"the-member-of-the-wedding-penguin-modern-classics-9780141182827","title":"The Member of the Wedding Penguin Modern Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Rarely has emotional turbulence been so delicately conveyed'' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith delicacy of perception and memory, humour and pathos, Carson McCullers spreads before us the three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl. Within the span of a few hours, the irresistible, hoydenish Frankie passionately plays out her fantasies at her elder brother''s wedding. Through a perilous skylight we look into the mind of a child torn between her yearning to belong and the urge to run away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntirely winning ...  A probing novel about a youngster with an unlimited gift for creating fantasies in a Southern town ... Rarely has emotional turbulence been so delicately conveyed * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe greatest prose writer that the South produced ... She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no other writer can hope to surpass -- Tennessee Williams\u003cbr\u003eOf all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure -- Gore Vidal","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732417589591,"sku":"9780141182827","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141182827.jpg?v=1719996792","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-member-of-the-wedding-penguin-modern-classics-9780141182827","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}