{"product_id":"sunday-best-9780008628925","title":"Sunday Best","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daniel Gray\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAn evocative celebration of the seventh day in all its rich variety\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClosed shops and roast dinners. Bulky newspapers and the hum of lawnmowers. Strolls to nowhere in particular and visiting snoozing grandparents. Television theme tunes cueing bath time and a sudden dread of the looming week ahead...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough an assortment of rituals and activities, Sundays came to be \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e unique day in our week - whether tedious, pleasant or somewhere in-between. But how did they change over time? Has anything interesting ever happened on a Sunday? Have we forgotten how to \u003cem\u003edo\u003c\/em\u003e Sunday? And, in our rushed modern lives, should we now try to recapture that distinctive, unhurried Sunday feel?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering answers to those questions and more through a mix of travelogue and social history, \u003cem\u003eSunday Best\u003c\/em\u003e entertainingly charts the story of what author Daniel Gray argues is the People's Day. Told through Sundays whiled away in places from the Hebrides to Hyde Park - via Sunderland, Scarborough, The Peak District and beyond - Gray's latest book is a charming journey in time and place. \u003cem\u003eSunday Best\u003c\/em\u003e offers nostalgia, people's history and affectionate, absorbing writing - a book drenched in the scent of gravy and summoning the faint sound of church bells.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45608572584087,"sku":"9780008628925","price":1139.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780008628925.webp?v=1769294614","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sunday-best-9780008628925","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}