{"product_id":"anna-hope-the-ballroom-2016-paperback","title":"Anna Hope: The Ballroom [2016] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe unputdownable historical novel by the acclaimed and bestselling author of WAKE and EXPECTATION: a devastating story of love and madness at the brink of the Great War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Absolutely heart-breaking.  One of the best books I've ever read' DINAH JEFFERIES, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tea-Planter's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eCompelling, elegant, insightful' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1911: Inside an asylum at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, where men and women are kept apart by high walls and barred windows, there is a ballroom vast and beautiful. For one bright evening every week they come together and dance. When John and Ella meet it is a dance that will change two lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet over the heatwave summer of 1911, the end of the Edwardian era, THE BALLROOM tells a \u003cb\u003erivetting\u003c\/b\u003e tale of \u003cb\u003edangerous\u003c\/b\u003e obsession, of madness and sanity, and of who gets to decide which is which. It is a \u003cb\u003elove story\u003c\/b\u003e like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****************************************\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Anna Hope's \u003ci\u003eThe Ballroom:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBeautifully wrought, tender, heartbreaking' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express 5\/5\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Moving, fascinating' \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tender and absorbing love story' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eUnsentimental and affecting' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisitely good' \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Absolutely fantastic . . . I'm in real awe of her writing' ELIZABETH MACNEAL, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Doll Factory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hope, Anna","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":55046119981395,"sku":"XG80552779470","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":55046120014163,"sku":"9780552779470","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/hope-anna-anna-hope-the-ballroom-2016-paperback-1259842498.jpg?v=1790246858","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/anna-hope-the-ballroom-2016-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}