{"product_id":"walking-naked","title":"Nina Bawden: Walking Naked [2006] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dazzlingly effective . . . not easy to forget' \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Continually surprising, witty and often disquieting, \u003ci\u003eWalking Naked\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Nina Bawden's most impressive novels' \u003ci\u003eCOSMOPOLITAN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Among the most perceptive and accomplished novelists writing today' P. D. JAMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura is happily married, a mother and a successful novelist. Although she is prey to night terrors, she is adept at smoothing the disorder of reality into controlled prose. \u003ci\u003eWalking Naked\u003c\/i\u003e telescopes the whole of Laura's life - childhood, marriages, triumphs and disappointments - into a day in which the past and present converge. It begins with a game of tennis played for duty rather than amusement and progresses, via an afternoon party of old friends and jaded emotions, to a bewildering visit to Laura's son, imprisoned on a drugs' charge. At its close, the possibility of death within the family hauls unresolved conflicts centre stage and Laura strips herself of the posturing and self-deceit with which she has cloaked her vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bawden, Nina","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49523363479891,"sku":"9781844084371","price":14.27,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47488182288723,"sku":"XV81844084371","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/bawden-nina-nina-bawden-walking-naked-2006-paperback-59255007379795.jpg?v=1727848745","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/walking-naked","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}