{"product_id":"the-middle-ground","title":"The Middle Ground","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Middle Ground\u003c\/em\u003e is very much a novel of today. It is a celebration of the pleasures and dangers of London life in all its variety, seen through the eyes of a group of friends - Kate Armstrong, journalist, Evelyn Stennett, social worker, Ted Stennett, a doctor of sorts (and ex-lover of Kate) and Hugo Mainwaring, journalist, anthropologist and wounded adventurer. They are all in their forties - 'the middle years, caught between children and parents, free of neither; - and they in turn see London (with some alarm) through the eyes of their teenage children. All are questioning their apparently successful careers, wondering what the future holds; Kate in particular is questioning her life as an independent woman.  Margaret Drabble has retreated from the public scene of \u003cem\u003eThe Ice Age\u003c\/em\u003e to pursue some of the more domestic preoccupations of her early work. The Middle Ground is a brilliant and witty novel about communication across the barriers of sex, race and age, and it ends on a note of guarded optimism.  \u003cem\u003eThe Middle Ground\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant and witty novel about communication and non-communication across the barriers of sex, race and age, and it ends on a note of guarded optimism.","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263732793638,"sku":"9780297778080","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/118dea95-b1f9-48b8-8486-798ef3b510c3.jpg?v=1701084761","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/the-middle-ground","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}