{"product_id":"2026600000063-secondhand-grand-days","title":"Grand Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the idealistic and turbulent backdrop of interwar Geneva, Grand Days is a sweeping work of literary historical fiction that chronicles the early career of Edith Campbell Berry, a young Australian woman who arrives in the 1920s to work for the newly formed League of Nations. Frank Moorhouse presents Edith's story with a rich blend of wit, sensuality, and intellectual depth, capturing her passionate belief in internationalism and her personal awakening in a cosmopolitan world of diplomats, idealists, and lovers. The novel illustrates the grand ambitions of a generation that dared to imagine a world governed by reason and cooperation, while simultaneously tracing the intimate contradictions of a woman navigating modernity, desire, and identity. Moorhouse's prose is elegant and assured, grounding sweeping historical forces in the acutely observed details of one woman's life, making Grand Days both a compelling character study and a meditation on the promise — and fragility — of utopian idealism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810604626139,"sku":"2026600000063-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/09bfa1f6-50f6-42dd-b067-5209061ff185.png?v=1779805793","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000063-secondhand-grand-days","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}