{"product_id":"the-past-tessa-hadley","title":"The Past; Tessa Hadley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree adult sisters and their brother meet up at their grandparents' country home for their annual family holiday--three long, hot summer weeks. The beloved but crumbling house is full of memories of their childhood--of when their mother took them to stay with her parents when she left their father--but this could be their last summer in the house, now they may have to sell it. And under the idyllic pastoral surface, there are tensions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlice has brought with her Kasim, the 20-year-old son of her ex-boyfriend, and he makes plans to seduce the quiet Molly, Roland's 16-year-old daughter. Fran's young children uncover an ugly secret in a ruined cottage in the woods, and observe the growing flirtation. Passion erupts where it's least expected, blasting the quiet self-possession of Harriet, the eldest sister. Roland has come with his new (third) wife, whom his sisters don't like...or do they? A way of life--bourgeois, literate, ritualized, Anglican--winds down to its inevitable end: which is a loss, and a release.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 2, 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTessa Hadley is the author of \u003ci\u003eSunstroke and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Past\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLate in the Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClever Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Cardiff, Wales, and teaches literature and creative writing at Bath Spa University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44647373603138,"sku":"","price":9.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/25241483.jpg?v=1679189196","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/the-past-tessa-hadley","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}