{"product_id":"union-street-blow-your-house-down-paperback","title":"Union Street \u0026 Blow Your House Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePat Barker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnion Street\u003c\/i\u003e, Pat Barker's first novel, concerns seven neighboring women near a factory in northeast England. Life for these women is trying: some of them are married to alcoholics, some are victims of abuse; one is old and near death, another is still a child but has the experience of an adult; all are struggling to survive. First published in 1982, it was made into the film\u003ci\u003e Stanley \u0026amp; Iris\u003c\/i\u003e by MGM in 1989, starring Robert DeNiro and Jane Fonda \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlow Your House Down\u003c\/i\u003e, Barker's second novel, also portrays the lives of women in industrial England--but these women are prostitutes, living in a northern England city that is stalked by a vicious, Jack the Ripper-style serial killer who is singling out women with nowhere else to go.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePat Barker \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of more than a dozen novels, including \u003ci\u003eBorder Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e. For her highly acclaimed Regeneration Trilogy, she was awarded the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e fiction prize and the Booker Prize. She lives in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724462133311,"sku":"9780312240899","price":34.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/860adc608018fa6b32f1b9494091a717.webp?v=1765102749","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/union-street-blow-your-house-down-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}