{"product_id":"twentyone-locks-9780857381217","title":"Twentyone Locks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeannie is twenty years old and she''s Lancashire''s worst perfume girl. She works in her small town''s department store, where all the other girls have perfect make-up (if a little too orange, and a mite too thick) and hair in buoyant ponytails. Jeannie, with wet hair and pale skin, doesn''t fit the bill. And she doesn''t really care - she arrived as a temp two years ago and has never got round to leaving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing bored by work gives her plenty of time to think about her impending nuptials to Jimmy, her teenage sweetheart who''s now a mechanic. He''s a local lad and like everyone in the town, he lives for Saturday nights: beer, brawls and bare flesh. Jeannie is happier at home on the sofa, or better still, day-dreaming about leaving the town behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as her feet are at their most cold, she stumbles upon Danny at the train station. He''s a well-read, well-travelled, sophisticated ladies'' man and represents everything her life is not. Or at least that''s how it seems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A charming and irresistible story' Psychologies. * Psychologies *\u003cbr\u003e'Barton keeps the reader guessing until the end of this unexpectedly poignant book' Guardian. * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e'Excellent ... wonderful writing' Independent. * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e'A sweet, bitter, wonderfully told tale' Mirror. * Mirror *\u003cbr\u003e'I love Laura Barton' Nick Hornby. * Nick Hornby *\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely stunning' The Times. * The Times *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406300356951,"sku":"9780857381217","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857381217.jpg?v=1730495297","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/twentyone-locks-9780857381217","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}