{"product_id":"the-casino","title":"The Casino","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption alignright\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/for_casino.jpg?v=1593108159\u0026amp;width=700\" width=\"490\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePREFACE BY CARY BAZALGETTE\u003cbr\u003e232pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155387\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Margaret Bonham's daughter Cary Bazelgette has written the preface to this collection of short stories. It begins: 'One day in 1948, when I was six and my brother four, our mother disappeared... I have the tiniest memory, like a blurred snapshot, of a car bouncing away down the rough driveway between the unmown lawns and experimental vegetable beds, her hand flickering happily out of the window.... Of course we already knew that she was a writer.... These stories, then, stood in for my mother during my childhood and teenage years. Reassuringly, few of the children in these stories have two parents and when they do trouble looms. Family life in a conventional sense is non-existent here: the heart of each story is usually the relationship between one parent and a child.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Casino\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully written book which until now has never been reprinted since its original hardback appearance. It was brought into the office by the author's daughter; at first we were cautious because we had never heard of Margaret Bonham; but one only has to read the extraordinary first paragraph for scepticism to vanish. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe endpaper is taken from 'Piano', a 1948 screen-printed rayon designed by Henry Moore for Ascher Ltd; the design is eccentric, bohemian and beautiful and, we feel, would have been very much liked by Margaret Bonham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Margaret Bonham","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098764038451,"sku":"mqy1789694469952","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098764071219,"sku":"wtu1789694469953","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098764103987,"sku":"nyg1789694469954","price":38.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098764136755,"sku":"lyn1789694469955","price":44.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/the-casino_1.jpg?v=1789694474","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/the-casino","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}