{"product_id":"they-were-sisters","title":"They Were Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/Persephone.png?v=1775729186\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1943, '\u003cstrong\u003eThey Were Sisters'\u003c\/strong\u003e is a compulsively readable but often harrowing novel by one of Persephone's best writers, who always manages to make the ordinary extraordinary,' writes Celia Brayfield in her preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree sisters marry very different men and the choices they make determine whether they will flourish, be tamed or be repressed. Lucy's husband is her beloved companion; Vera's husband bores her and she turns elsewhere; and Charlotte's husband is a bully who turns a high-spirited naive young girl into a deeply unhappy woman. This is the story of how those marriages shape the sister’s lives, the consequences of their decisions, and the sisterly love that hopes to save them from tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1945 \u003cstrong\u003eThey Were Sisters\u003c\/strong\u003e was made into a film starring James Mason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eThe endpaper is 'Pattern of Anemones', a 1935 printed cotton crepe dress fabric manufactured by Calico Printers' Association, Manchester. It was thus manufactured in the part of the world in which Dorothy Whipple lived and wrote; and could have been worn by any of the three sisters but perhaps most especially by Vera.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dorothy Whipple","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44960223133743,"sku":"9781903155462","price":1599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/theyweresisters.avif?v=1775718823","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/they-were-sisters","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}