{"product_id":"9780141196824-retail-heat-wave","title":"Heat Wave","description":"A novel of complex relations and a long hot summer, new to Penguin Modern Classics\n\nPauline is spending the summer at World's End, a cottage somewhere in the middle of England. This year the adjoining cottage is occupied by her daughter Teresa and baby grandson Luke; and, of course, Maurice, the man Teresa married. As the hot months unfold, Maurice grows ever more involved in the book he is writing - and with his female copy editor - and Pauline can only watch in dismay and anger as her daughter repeats her own mistakes in love. The heat and tension will lead to a violent, startling climax.\n\nIn Heat Wave, Penelope Lively gives us a moving portrayal of a fragile family damaged and defined by adultery, and the lengths to which a mother will go to protect the ones she loves.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49027674341595,"sku":"9780141196824-RETAIL","price":25.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5edf1b8e-d6fe-4522-b53b-555cdc8b5069.jpg?v=1785091425","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780141196824-retail-heat-wave","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}