{"product_id":"daffodil-days","title":"Helen Bain: Daffodil Days [2026] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful, affecting and deeply impressive'\u003cb\u003e Louise Kennedy, author of \u003ci\u003eTrespasses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 1960s, in a small town near Dartmoor, the church bells ring. The people of North Tawton go about their days, catching glimpses of one another's lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's the local GP, who knows more about his patients than he would sometimes prefer. There's the young shop assistant at Kestrels, who understands that the ladies who come there for a new outfit sometimes hope to find a new self. There's the tenant farm labourer who rings the tower bells at the church three times a week, the notes - harmonious and clashing - rippling out across the rooftops of the town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid all these lives, a young couple move into focus. New to the town with their small daughter, they have escaped London for a quieter existence in the thatched house beside the church, Court Green. The life they intend to build here - out of fresh lino tiles, second-hand furniture painted with hearts and flowers, and expertly-cooked suppers for weekend guests - will be a good and happy one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daffodil Days\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a pivotal year in the marriage of 20th-century literature's most infamous couple, witnessed by the people they lived among. It is a kaleidoscopic portrait of this enigmatic pair, refracted through the rich inner lives of a rural community caught - if only for a moment - in their light.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bain, Helen","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53093727994195,"sku":"9781526697714","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/helen-bain-daffodil-days-9781526697714-1222163640.jpg?v=1771884609","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/daffodil-days","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}