{"product_id":"a-private-man-a-thrilling-love-story-the-observer","title":"A Private Man: ‘A thrilling love story' The Observer","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in mid-century Rome and England, this forbidden slow-burn love story will take your breath away\u003cbr\u003e\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘If I had to pick a favourite from the year so far, it would be this’  - Pandora Sykes\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Lush, evocative and sexy’  –  The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n‘A thrilling love story of intellect and passion’  –  The Observer\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Truly outstanding: clever, passionate and as clean as a bone’  – Melissa Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\n‘A heady brew . . . Pulsing with sensuality’  –  Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\n‘I couldn't put it down’  –  The Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRome, 1953.  David is young, handsome, charismatic and sworn to celibacy. He is freshly ordained and about to return to England to begin life as a priest. Devotion to God is all he’s ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn London,  Margaret is entangled in an impossible love affair. Committed to living on her own terms without sacrificing her faith, she becomes drawn to a women’s movement challenging the archaic rules of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen they are thrown together in David's countryside parish, something ignites in each of them, and so begins a decades-long secret with consequences that will reverberate throughout the generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREADERS LOVE  A PRIVATE MAN\u003cbr\u003e\n‘I just love everything about this book’ *****\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Lives and breathes along with you as you read’ *****\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Radiating warmth, tinged by inevitable sadness. I loved it’ *****\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Beautifully written and deeply moving’ *****\u003cbr\u003e\n‘A work of quiet power that leaves you bereft at its end’ *****\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52903462830367,"sku":"UK1016","price":7.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0957\/0546\/5119\/files\/71VJMc22OvL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792838187","url":"https:\/\/lumobook.store\/products\/a-private-man-a-thrilling-love-story-the-observer","provider":"LumoBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}