{"product_id":"9780861547784","title":"The Other Side of Paradise","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Beaumont, Vanessa\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 February 2025 by Oneworld Publications (Magpie) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e199 x 131 x 37 | 408g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Downton Abbey, Gosford Park and After the Party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuty, scandal, and a mother’s desperate attempt to protect her sons from a secret that will destroy them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A breathtakingly good, heartbreaking and utterly absorbing story.' Cressida Connolly, author of After the Party'Sumptuously detailed... Razor-sharp social observations and glimmers of catty wit.' Telegraph LONDON 1921 – Jean Buckman, a young and innocent American heiress arrives in England to find a society decimated by war but resolutely clinging to the status quo. She marries Edward Warre an engaging but complex man and the owner of a once great but now struggling estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the marriage falters, Jean spends her summers in the South of France where she embarks on a passionate affair that will have repercussions for the rest of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo sons arrive, the oldest, heir to the estate, is not the true bloodline. But Edward needs Jean’s money to survive, and she needs her husband's silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Other Side of Paradise is the heart-breaking story of a family ripped apart by the shackles of inheritance and the rules imposed upon them by a society that cannot face the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'With gorgeously fluid prose that never snags on the period detail, Beaumont is a debut writer with a bold future.' Jessica Fellowes, author of The Mitford Murders\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234439876932,"sku":"9780861547784","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/9780861547784.jpg?v=1754909427","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.com\/products\/9780861547784","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}