{"product_id":"9780007373833_the-bookshop","title":"The Bookshop","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of ‘Offshore’, ‘The Blue Flower’ and ‘Innocence’ comes this Booker Prize-shortlisted story of books and busybodies in East Anglia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis, Penelope Fitzgerald’s second novel, was her first to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is set in a small East Anglian coastal town, where Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. ‘She had a kind heart, but that is not much use when it comes to the matter of self-preservation.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardborough becomes a battleground, as small towns so easily do. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done, and as a result, she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important, but natural and even supernatural forces too. This is a story for anyone who knows that life has treated them with less than justice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penelope Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284780007573,"sku":"9780007373833","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007373833.jpg?v=1776992124","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007373833_the-bookshop","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}