{"product_id":"libby-purves-home-leave-1998-paperback","title":"Libby Purves: Home Leave [1998] paperback","description":"Catherine and Caroline, Toby and Mark were globetrotting siblings: British 'diplo-brats', whose childhood homes lay in Italy or Israel, France or Washington DC - wherever their father was posted at the time.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut all that was years ago. Now Catherine is approaching middle age, married to a life of cheeseparing selflessness looking after young offenders on a chilly organic farm; Mark is a prim supermarket executive, Caroline a wealthy Kensington wife, and Toby - well, Toby is a problem. The joker in the pack. He always was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid growing tensions, marriage-fatigue and unspoken resentments, the apparent tragedy of Toby's mysterious disappearance jolts his sisters and brother into making angry anxious journeys: from California to Flanders, back in time and into their own hearts. The results are sometimes comic, unexpected, but oddly satisfying.","brand":"Purves, Libby","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":53234509087059,"sku":"XG80340680414","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":53234509152595,"sku":"9780340680414","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/purves-libby-libby-purves-home-leave-1998-paperback-1227087658.jpg?v=1773352896","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/libby-purves-home-leave-1998-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}