{"product_id":"a-touch-of-mistletoe-by-barbara-comyns","title":"A Touch of Mistletoe by Barbara Comyns","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe morning I left home Mother was recovering from being poorly and she’d been sick in the vegetable basket.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eSisters Victoria and Blanche grow up in their grandfather’s house in Warwickshire. It’s a secluded existence: their mother is a war widow with a thirst for port and sherry and their last governess leaves never to be replaced. When their grandfather dies, their mother replaces drink with housework and the girls plan their escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eBlanche heads off to train as a model at a dubious institution in London. Vicky wants to study art but answers an ad leading her to Holland, where she tends a pack of miserable bull terriers. This is just the beginning of the sisters’ adventures which take them from the poverty of cooking eggs over a candle in their Mornington Crescent bedsit, to a wider bohemian world, as they encounter love and the fluctuating fortunes that come when you’re open to the strange twists life can take.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eFirst published in 1967,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Touch of Mistletoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a unique coming of age story that shows Barbara Comyns’s inimitable voice at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"col1\"\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 352 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Daunt Books\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Daunt Books\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781911547860\u003cbr\u003ePublished:15 Jul 2021\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eWeight:404g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65498785644893,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781911547860.jpg?v=1786028734","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/a-touch-of-mistletoe-by-barbara-comyns","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}