{"product_id":"the-serial-garden-the-complete-armitage-family-stories","title":"Serial Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She's one of the most important and interesting children's fiction writers of the last fifty years' NEIL GAIMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What a thrill to discover this gem from the witty and endlessly inventive Joan Aiken' CHRIS RIDDELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She is one of the writers I admire most in the world' KATHERINE RUNDELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for years to come' PHILIP PULLMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most swooningly romantic story you'll ever read - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Serial Garden' \u003c\/i\u003eFRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I wish we'll have two children called Mark and Harriet. And I hope lots of interesting and unusual things will happen to them. It would be nice if they had a fairy godmother, for instance. And a phoenix or something out of the ordinary for a pet. We could have a special day for interesting and unusual things to happen \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e say, Mondays. But not always Mondays, and not only Mondays, or that would get a bit dull'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a result of their mother's honeymoon wish, Mark and Harriet Armitage have a fairy godmother, a pet unicorn and are prepared for anything life can throw at them (especially, but not always, on a Monday): hatching griffins in the airing cupboard, Latin lessons with a ghost, furious Furies on the doorstep and an enchanted garden locked inside a cereal packet. Life with the Armitages can be magical, funny, terrifying - but never, ever dull.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A delightful summary of one side of Aiken's talent: whimsical, funny, a series of brilliantly imaginative ideas stitched together with dream logic . . . It is the mixture of irrepressible gaiety and invention with the tragic that makes Aiken one of the great children's authors . . . impossible to calculate the number of people who have enjoyed her books \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e who have had some magic injected into the mundane' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32037519294547,"sku":"9780349005850","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780349005850_951753d0-2505-4d3c-9bbf-4c01a8e2350b.jpg?v=1771920020","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-serial-garden-the-complete-armitage-family-stories","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}