{"product_id":"9781787705814","title":"Barbara Isn’t Dying","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Bronsky, Alina \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 July 2025 by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 15 | 142g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bittersweet and hilarious novel about a marriage whose decades-old routine is suddenly upended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Schmidt has lived his whole life within the narrow, comfortable confines of traditional gender roles: he has made it to retirement without learning how to fry an egg or use a vacuum cleaner. After all, he could always count on his wife, Barbara. But, when one morning she can’t —or won’t! —get up from bed anymore, everything changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith biting humour and great warmth, Alina Bronsky writes about how Walter, nearing the end of his life, is suddenly forced to reinvent himself as a caregiver and househusband, and become the caring partner he never was in all his years with Barbara. Little by little, Walter’s rough facade begins to crumble, and with it his old certainties about his life and family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031581180163,"sku":"9781787705814","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9781787705814","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}