{"product_id":"9781783528455","title":"The Last Landlady : An English Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Thompson, Laura, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/09\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 272 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Unbound,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Unbound,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Biography: general, Memoirs\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781783528455\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaura Thompson's grandmother Violet was one of the great landladies. Born in a London pub, she became the first woman to be given a publican's licence in her own name and, just as pubs defined her life, she seemed in many ways to embody their essence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaura spent part of her childhood in Violet's Home Counties establishment, mesmerised by her gift for cultivating the mix of cosiness and glamour that defined the pub's atmosphere, making it a unique reflection of the national character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer memories of this time are just as intoxicating: beer and ash on the carpets in the morning, the deepening rhythms of mirth at night, the magical brightness of glass behind the bar...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough them Laura traces the story of the English pub, asking why it has occupied such a treasured position in our culture. But even Violet, as she grew older, recognised that places like hers were a dying breed, and Laura also considers the precarious future they face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart memoir, part social history, part elegy, The Last Landlady pays tribute to an extraordinary woman and the world she epitomised.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022809563289,"sku":"9781783528455","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781783528455.jpg?v=1594325464","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781783528455","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}