{"product_id":"9780743234979","title":"Think of England : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThink of England\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Alice Elliott Dark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo cataclysmic events occur on February 9, 1964. The Beatles appear on \u003ci\u003eThe Ed Sullivan Show\u003c\/i\u003e and later that night, nine-year-old Jane MacLeod's life changes forever. It has been said that children are good observers but poor interpreters. Jane's interpretation of the events of that evening shapes her life in ways she doesn't recognize. \u003ci\u003eThink of England\u003c\/i\u003e follows Jane from an intense love affair in the ex-pat scene in punk-era London to working motherhood in New York to a family reunion in the country -- and a reckoning with the ghost that has stood between her and her dream of a happy family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Everything in this book is a pleasure to read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Alice Elliott Dark is the author of two acclaimed story collections, and her debut novel has the same finely observed, hushed ambience that makes her stories so seductive....The story of Jane MacLeod unfolds beautifully across \u003ci\u003eThink of England's\u003c\/i\u003e three panels, each one a perfect evocation of its time and place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e Dark's prose is controlled yet resonant, and the novel...draws its substance from her compassionate insight into character, its grace from her observance of small yet defining moments....Now when we think of England, we'll think of this fine book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743234979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592338157774,"sku":"9780743234979","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_a2f4b3a5-e5de-4c53-99ef-05828a936df2.jpg?v=1637766231","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743234979","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}