{"product_id":"wax-fruit-trilogy-the-antimacassar-city","title":"Wax Fruit Trilogy: Antimacassar City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sumptuous, superbly immersive epic: witty, with gutsy, beautifully drawn characters'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Adele Parks MBE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in Guy McCrone's beloved Wax Fruit Trilogy, chronicling the rise - and trials - of the Moorhouse family in Victorian Glasgow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlasgow: the second city of the Empire. A booming metropolis where fortunes are made, reputations forged, and\u003cbr\u003eambition knows no bounds. Into this world steps Arthur Moorhouse, a determined young man who has risen from modest beginnings in rural Ayrshire to establish a thriving merchant business and a name for his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut success comes at a cost. As the Moorhouses climb the social ladder, they face fierce rivalries, internal tensions, and the ever-watchful eyes of Glasgow's elite. When tragedy strikes, Arthur and his spirited new wife, Bel, take in his orphaned halfsister, Phoebe - a bold and determined young woman whose arrival will alter the family's destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet against the backdrop of a city in transformation, \u003ci\u003eAntimacassar \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping tale of ambition, loyalty, and the price of progress. As the Moorhouses rise, so too do the stakes - because the higher you climb, the harder the fall.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wax Fruit recaptures the atmosphere of the period most effectively' - The Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Very fine indeed' - Glasgow Evening Citizen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonnier Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54465533083992,"sku":"9781785308369","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781785308369_2c763dd0-5dec-4a35-bbe6-75f6fa98dc11.jpg?v=1765697443","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/wax-fruit-trilogy-the-antimacassar-city","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}