{"product_id":"bilgewater-9781609453312","title":"Bilgewater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A quirky coming-of-age story . . . Female adolescence as imagined by one of the 20th century’s best—and most peculiar—writers” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1977, Jane Gardams \u003cem\u003eBilgewater\u003c\/em\u003e is an affectionate and complex rendering-in-miniature of the discomforts of growing up and first love seen through the eyes of inimitable Marigold Green, an awkward, eccentric, highly intelligent girl. \u003ci\u003eThe Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e described \u003cem\u003eBilgewater\u003c\/em\u003e as “one of the funniest, most entertaining, most unusual stories about young love.”\u003cbr\u003eMotherless and sixteen, Marigold is the headmaster’s daughter at a private backwater all-boys school. To make matters worse, Marigold pines for head boy Jack Rose, reckons with the beautiful and domineering Grace, and yanks herself headlong out of her interior world and into the seething cauldron of adolescence. With everything happening all at once, Marigold faces the greatest of teenage crucibles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA smart and painterly romp in the rich tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Hollow Land\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Long Way from Verona\u003c\/i\u003e, Gardam’s elegant, evocative prose, possessed of sharp irony and easy surrealism makes \u003cem\u003eBilgewater\u003c\/em\u003e a book for readers of all ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is no ordinary bildungsroman.” —\u003ci\u003eNew Pages\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A striking story.”—\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Gardam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48170165436667,"sku":"9781609453312","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_209fcfd4-3e8a-4542-92ec-0e84d0a942f6.jpg?v=1770635847","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/bilgewater-9781609453312","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}