{"product_id":"a-different-sound-stories-by-mid-century-women-writers","title":"A Different Sound : Stories by Mid-century Women Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected and introduced by writer and critic Lucy Scholes, this collection places works from renowned women writers alongside recently rediscovered voices.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements are rewritten, social customs are revoked and new freedoms are embraced. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuffused with tension and longing, they form a window onto a remarkable era of writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContains: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cut Finger\u003c\/em\u003e by Frances Bellerby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer Nigh\u003c\/em\u003et by Elizabeth Bowen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Birds\u003c\/em\u003e by Daphne du Maurier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Land Girl\u003c\/em\u003e by Diana Gardner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eListen to the Magnolias\u003c\/em\u003e by Stella Gibbons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eShocking Weather, Isn't It?\u003c\/em\u003e by Inez Holden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Party\u003c\/em\u003e by Attia Hosain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Miles Up\u003c\/em\u003e by Elizabeth Jane Howard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Skylight\u003c\/em\u003e by Penelope Mortimer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Thames Spread Out\u003c\/em\u003e by Elizabeth Taylor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScorched Earth Polic\u003c\/em\u003ey by Sylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Lucy Scholes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43744790642945,"sku":"9781782278474","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/9781529077780_59.png?v=1760531770","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/a-different-sound-stories-by-mid-century-women-writers","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}