{"product_id":"midsummer-night-in-the-workhouse","title":"Midsummer Night in the Workhouse","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"width: 395px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/unnamed-3.jpg?v=1593111119\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"redtext\"\u003ePREFACE BY THE AUTHOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e392pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155820\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMidsummer Night in the Workhouse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e contains a selection of short stories mostly written in the late 1950s. Some are set in England and describe incidents from Diana Athill's girlhood; one or two describe holidays abroad; almost all are seen from the woman's point of view. 'In this terrific collection female characters are sexually adventurous, introspective and enjoy a drink or three,' wrote the \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e. 'A cheating wife, back with her boring husband, is wracked with agonising love for the unavailable partner of her brief fling; a writer seeks inspiration at a writers' retreat whilst avoiding the group seducer.' First published in America in 1962, the stories, which have never been re-published before, complement both Athill's memoirs (\u003cem\u003eInstead of a Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStet)\u003c\/em\u003e and letters (\u003cem\u003eInstead of a Book\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available as a Persephone Audiobook read by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 1970s furnishing fabric which the author bought as curtains for her flat in North London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicture Caption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Hiking' 1936 by James Walker Tucker (Laing Art Gallery\/PCF).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diana Athill","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098787139891,"sku":"zga1789694705430","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098787172659,"sku":"vfp1789694705431","price":30.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098787205427,"sku":"khk1789694705432","price":40.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098787238195,"sku":"etr1789694705433","price":44.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/midsummer-night-in-the-workhouse_1.jpg?v=1789694710","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/midsummer-night-in-the-workhouse","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}