{"product_id":"loving-9781681370149","title":"Loving","description":"\u003ci\u003eLoving\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the vast hereditary house of the Tennants, an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family, but the story mainly involves their servants. The war has led to a scarcity of experienced staff, and when Eldon the butler dies, Raunce the head footman is assigned his job. The other servants are taken aback by this irregular promotion, but lovely young Edith, a recent hire, is quite attracted to the\u003cbr\u003e older Raunce and a flirtation begins. And it is Edith who discovers Mrs. Tennant's daughter-in-law, whose husband is fighting at the front, in bed with a neighbor one morning, scandalizing the whole household. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the Tennants depart for England, Raunce is left in charge of the house and struggles to control its disputatious inhabitants as well as to secure the love of Edith, especially after a precious family jewel disappears. In \u003ci\u003eLoving\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry Green explores the deeply precarious nature of ordinary life against the background of the larger world at war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-411177\"\u003eHenry Green\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681370149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168137014X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC032000\"\u003eWar \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Green\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1973) was the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke. Born near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England, he was educated at Eton and Oxford and went on to become the managing director of his family's engineering business, writing novels in his spare time. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eBlindness\u003c\/i\u003e (1926), was written while he was at Oxford. He married in 1929 and had one son, and during the Second World War served in the Auxiliary Fire Service. Between 1926 and 1952 he wrote nine novels, \u003ci\u003eBlindness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiving\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParty Going\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCaught\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLoving\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBack\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConcluding\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNothing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDoting\u003c\/i\u003e, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003e Pack My Bag\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRoxana Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight works of fiction, including the novels \u003ci\u003eCost\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSparta\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eGeorgia O'Keeffe: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e. A former Guggenheim Fellow, she edited \u003ci\u003eThe New York Stories of Edith Wharton\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote the introduction to Elizabeth Taylor's \u003ci\u003eA View of the Harbour\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by NYRB Classics. Robinson is currently the president of the Authors Guild.","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698895294701,"sku":"9781681370149","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1ae613ae-6a44-414e-9dd6-4a9f99cf1116.jpg?v=1649907448","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/loving-9781681370149","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}