{"product_id":"book-dub0","title":"A Perfect Explanation","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Desmond Elliott Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA “superb debut”* novel—based on the story of the author’s grandmother—following an aristocratic woman who abandons her family and her money in search of a life she can claim as her own. (*\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Enid Campbell, granddaughter of a duke, grew up surrounded by servants, wanting for nothing except love. But when her brother died in the First World War, a new heir was needed, and it was up to Enid to provide it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A troubled marriage and three children soon followed. Broken by postpartum depression, overwhelmed by motherhood and a loveless marriage, Enid made the shocking decision to abandon her family, thereby starting a chain of events—a kidnap, a court case, and selling her son to her sister for £500—that reverberated through the generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interweaving one significant day in 1964, when it seems the family will reunite for one last time, with a decade during the interwar period, \u003cem\u003eA Perfect Explanation\u003c\/em\u003e explores the perils of aristocratic privilege, where inheritance is everything and happiness is hard won.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50113874985264,"sku":"BDdub0","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dub0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771633554","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dub0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}