{"product_id":"palm-house-pb","title":"Palm House PB","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMy Phantoms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFirst Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a droll and quietly evocative novel about work, friendship, family, and the path—so often muddled—toward finding one’s place in life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura Miller and Edmund Putnam have been friends for a long time. Theirs is a happy meeting of minds, with long evenings spent huddled in an ancient pub by the Thames, where they share office gossip, reflect on their teenage passions, and lament the state of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently, though, Putnam has been harder to reach: He has lost his father, and the magazine to which he has dedicated his life has been hijacked by an insufferable new editor, Simon “Shove” Halfpenny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura has her own problems: Living in London, a beautiful but also indifferent city, with a prickly mother to manage and a tricky past to contemplate, she finds that day-to-day life presents its difficulties. And as Putnam starts to sink into despondency, she must try to bring him back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel of enduring friendships and small mercies, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Palm House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers us Gwendoline Riley’s trademark keen observation and wit, and leaves us with a sense of possibility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52597276836071,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/31SqlTA0sWL.webp?v=1788897140","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/palm-house-pb","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}