{"product_id":"my-policeman-paperback","title":"My Policeman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBethan Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a motion picture starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, and David Dawson, an exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunning...fraught and honest.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is in 1950's Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim, gently guiding her through the water in the shadow of the city's famous pier and Marion is smitten--determined her love alone will be enough for them both. A few years later near the Brighton Museum, Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted, and opens Tom's eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world of art, travel, and beauty. Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion and meet Patrick in secret. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this evocative portrait of midcentury England, Bethan Roberts reimagines the real life relationship the novelist E. M. Forster had with a policeman, Bob Buckingham, and his wife. \u003ci\u003eMy Policeman\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply heartfelt story of love's passionate endurance, and the devastation wrought by a repressive society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBethan Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Abingdon. Her first novel \u003ci\u003eThe Pools\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2007 and won a Jerwood\/Arvon Young Writers' Award. Her second novel \u003ci\u003eThe Good Plain Cook\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2008, was serialized on BBC Radio 4's \u003ci\u003eBook at Bedtime\u003c\/i\u003e and was chosen as one of Time Out's books of the year. \u003ci\u003eMy Policeman\u003c\/i\u003e was the 2012 Brighton City Read and an Irish Times Book of the Year. She also writes drama for BBC Radio 4. Bethan has worked in television, and has taught Creative Writing at Chichester University and Goldsmiths College, London. She lives in Brighton with her family. Her latest novel, \u003ci\u003eMother Island\u003c\/i\u003e won a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699015880767,"sku":"9780143136989","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4eb3de8ab27666e234dfef45ebdec1aa.webp?v=1765012151","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/my-policeman-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}