{"product_id":"cold-comfort-farm-by-stella-gibbons-9780241951514","title":"Cold Comfort Farm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hilarious and merciless parody of rural melodramas and one of the best-loved comic novels of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe are not like other folk, maybe, but there have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSensible, sophisticated Flora Poste has been expensively educated to do everything but earn a living. When she is orphaned at twenty, she decides her only option is to descend on relatives – the doomed Starkadders at the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is Judith in a scarlet shawl, heaving with remorse for an unspoken wickedness; raving old Ada Doom, who once saw something nasty in the woodshed; lustful Seth and despairing Reuben, Judith's two sons; and there is Amos, preaching fire and damnation to one and all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the sukebind flowers, Flora takes each of the family in hand and brings order to their chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharp and clever parody of the melodramatic and rural novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494614159596,"sku":"9780241951514","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3228683482274.jpg?v=1748458838","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/cold-comfort-farm-by-stella-gibbons-9780241951514","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}