{"product_id":"mothers-boy-by-patrick-gale","title":"Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next' Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively written' Irish Examiner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaura, a laundress, meets her young husband when they are both placed in service in Teignmouth in 1914. They have a baby, Charles, but his father returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave Laura a widow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a new war looms, Charles signs up for the navy as a coder. His escape from the tight, gossipy confines of Launceston to a more colourful life in action sees him blossom, as he experiences the possibility of death, and the excitement - even terror - of a love that is as clandestine as his work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Stands with the best queer literary fiction of a historical bent, illuminated as it is by Gale's devilish wit and talent for both social observation and intricacies of character' Sydney Morning Herald \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A deeply moving novel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe portrait of a complex relationship that constricted as much as it sustained is brilliantly done' The Tablet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 416 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44073846669527,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781472257420.jpg?v=1694784385","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/mothers-boy-by-patrick-gale","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}