{"product_id":"the-vets-daughter-by-barbara-comyns","title":"The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A small Gothic masterpiece . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' SARAH WATERS'A wonderful and original novel' ALAN HOLLINGHURST'The strange off-beat talent of Barbara Comyns [whose] innocent eye observes with child-like simplicity the most fantastic or the most ominous occurrence' GRAHAM GREENE 'Quite simply, Comyns writes like no one else' MAGGIE O'FARRELL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI comforted myself with the knowledge that at least I wasn't earthbound like most people. In a house full of screeching animals in Edwardian South London, Alice lives in the shadow of her domineering father. Longing to escape, she retreats ever deeper into a world of memories, fantasies and rapturous longings - until she discovers an extraordinary secret power of her own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the strange events that unfold lead her, dressed in bridal white, to a scene of ecstatic triumph and disaster among the crowds on Clapham Common. Blackly funny and indelibly haunting, The Vet's Daughter combines shocking realism with a visionary edge. INTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries:Virago Modern Classics\u003cbr\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 176 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Virago Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9780349019666\u003cbr\u003ePublished:22 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eWeight:144g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65498776961373,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9780349019666.jpg?v=1786028551","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/the-vets-daughter-by-barbara-comyns","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}