{"product_id":"constance-and-me-the-diamond-path-jo-buchanan-hay","title":"Constance and Me (The Diamond Path): Jo Buchanan Hay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDear. It was always Dear. Never Darling, or Sweetheart, or any of those little pet names used by old marrieds. Just Dear. … Perhaps she called him Dear to make up for the fact that he wasn’t, not any longer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConstance and Me\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis about the Gardiners, a close-knit London family in the 1920s and 30s. When war begins the womenfolk evacuate to the country. The book relates their wartime experiences and new lives in a remote village as they sustain each other in uncertain times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy 1945 a dreadful mistake has been made. All the family except Constance return home, and the story now focuses on the new village schoolmarm and the consequences of her mistake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterspersed throughout the narrative are the later visits of Con’s niece Joyce, the narrator, who gradually finds out what this mistake was, and how similar in many ways she is to her beloved aunt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDid Auntie cry for my single parenthood, thought Joyce, or for her own childlessness? Could she have borne married life more easily with a baby? Perish the thought. But whose baby anyway?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConstance and Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been likened by reviewers to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLarkrise to Candleford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and even to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. If you enjoy family sagas, tales of village schoolmarms, wartime exploits, romantic aspirations, stories of perseverance and faith in the face of difficulties and despair, and who don’t need a traditional happy ending in order to appreciate the joy of a life well lived, then \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConstance and Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is for you!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHow and why did Constance end up in such a sad situation? Will she ever be free? Should her loving family have done more? And what does it all mean for her niece?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eClick the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBuy Now\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eButton today and find out more about\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eConstance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand Me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good News BookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57731158573439,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/6541\/0943\/files\/jobuchanan.jpg?v=1781180837","url":"https:\/\/goodnewsbookshop.co.uk\/products\/constance-and-me-the-diamond-path-jo-buchanan-hay","provider":"Good News BookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}