{"product_id":"book-itga","title":"The Woods in Winter","description":"\u003ci\u003e… for the first time in her life, she was living as she had always unknowingly wanted to live: in freedom and solitude, with an animal for close companion. Her new life had acted upon her like a strong and delicious drug.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ivy Gover, a curmudgeonly middle-aged charwoman with some slightly witchy talents, inherits a rural cottage in Buckinghamshire and takes up residence near the tiny village of Little Warby. Having settled in with a rescued dog and a pet pigeon, she manages, despite her anti-social instincts, to have surprising effects on her new neighbors, including Angela Mordaunt, a spinster still mourning her dead beau, Coral and Pearl Cartaret, ditzy sisters who have just opened a tea shop, the local vicar, and wealthy Lord Gowerville, whose devotion she earns by healing his beloved dog. But her biggest challenge will likely be the twelve-year-old runaway who shows up at her door …\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Blending vivid characters and a deep knowledge of human nature, this is also a funny and poignant tale of the challenges and freedoms of old age and solitude. \u003ci\u003eThe Woods in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1970 and was the last novel Stella Gibbons wrote for publication.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49350518309168,"sku":"BDitga","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49350518341936,"sku":"ZEitga","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49350518407472,"sku":"ZMitga","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/itga-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780472945","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-itga","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}