{"product_id":"valley-of-decision-3","title":"Valley Of Decision","description":"\u003cp\u003eA novel from the Booker-Prize winning author Stanley Middleton. Rejacked and reissued in Windmill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary and David Blackwell are content in their marriage but when Mary, a talented opera singer, is offered the chance to sing in America, everything changes. David, a music teacher and amateur cellist, is left behind in England and, when he suddenly stops hearing from her, he must decide how to carry on and what to do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It is a very, very long time since any book made me physically cry. But Stanley Middleton's\u003ci\u003e Valley of Decision\u003c\/i\u003e did just that, twice... The story is simple... Anyone, well almost anyone, could write that story... But only Mr Middleton could turn it into something approaching a small masterpiece.' Martyn Goff, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Increasingly, Middleton's command of the ordinary has become extraordinary... In this new novel the rigours and solaces of making music are cleverly (but uninsistently) counter-pointed with the human relationships that accompany them.' Anthony Thwaite, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221655572824,"sku":"9780099591931","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780099591931_3e669e5a-3c94-48a1-a10c-e89dca139d6f.jpg?v=1764666934","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/valley-of-decision-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}