{"product_id":"the-other-side-of-paradise-vanessa-beaumont-9780861547784","title":"The Other Side of Paradise by Vanessa Beaumont (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Downton Abbey, Gosford Park and After the Party.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuty, scandal, and a mother's desperate attempt to protect her sons from a secret that will destroy them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A breathtakingly good, heartbreaking and utterly absorbing story.' Cressida Connolly, author of After the Party\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Sumptuously detailed... Razor-sharp social observations and glimmers of catty wit.' Telegraph \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLONDON 1921 - Jean Buckman, a young and innocent American heiress arrives in England to find a society decimated by war but resolutely clinging to the status quo. She marries Edward Warre an engaging but complex man and the owner of a once great but now struggling estate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the marriage falters, Jean spends her summers in the South of France where she embarks on a passionate affair that will have repercussions for the rest of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo sons arrive, the oldest, heir to the estate, is not the true bloodline. But Edward needs Jean's money to survive, and she needs her husband's silence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Other Side of Paradise is the heart-breaking story of a family ripped apart by the shackles of inheritance and the rules imposed upon them by a society that cannot face the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'With gorgeously fluid prose that never snags on the period detail, Beaumont is a debut writer with a bold future.' Jessica Fellowes, author of The Mitford Murders\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Magpie Books Publishers Pty, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55094308405591,"sku":"9780861547784","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9780861547784.jpg?v=1790014428","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/the-other-side-of-paradise-vanessa-beaumont-9780861547784","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}