{"product_id":"come-and-tell-me-some-lies","title":"Come and Tell Me Some Lies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic story of a chaotic, creative family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA funny, though sometimes melancholy, story of irresponsible and drunken bohemianism ... A clever and touching debut' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGabriella lives in a damp, ramshackle, book-strewn farmhouse in Norfolk with her tempestuous poet father and unconventional mother. Alongside her ever expanding set of siblings and half-siblings, numerous pets and her father’s rag-tag admirers, Gabriella navigates a chaotic childhood of wild bohemian parties and fluctuating levels of poverty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonging to be normal, Gabriella enrols in a strict day school, only to find herself balancing two very different lives. Struggling to keep the eccentricities of her family contained, her failure to achieve conformity amongst her peers is endearing, and absolute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCome and Tell Me Some Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is Raffaella Barker’s enchanting first novel – a humorous, bittersweet tale of a girl who longs to be normal, and a family that can’t help be anything but.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32075843010643,"sku":"","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781408850671_55f5fa3b-c9e3-4d33-81c8-dfe87e74d8e1.jpg?v=1765031434","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/come-and-tell-me-some-lies","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}