{"product_id":"private-enterprise-9781504092869","title":"Private Enterprise","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Angela Thirkell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Small Town \u0026amp; Rural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmid food shortages and grumbling, Barsetshire is unsettled by the arrival of a pretty war widow in this \"delicately humorous [and] entertaining\" novel (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld War II may be over, but its effects linger in the English countryside as the local ladies trade ration coupons for a paltry selection of provisions. It's feeling like a bleak summer--but it won't be a boring one, now that flirtatious young widow Peggy Arbuthnot and her sister-in-law, Effie, are on the scene. Peggy has quite a few admirers--including Noel Merton, which is rather unfortunate for his wife. Suspense reigns over who might win Peggy's hand--and whether the Merton marriage will survive . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Where Trollope would have been content to arouse a chuckle, [Thirkell] is constantly provoking us to hilarious laughter. . . . To read her is to get the feeling of knowing Barsetshire folk as well as if one had been born and bred in the county.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45496235491479,"sku":"9781504092869","price":2843.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781504092869.webp?v=1768588056","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/private-enterprise-9781504092869","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}