{"product_id":"at-freddies-9780544359482","title":"At Freddie's","description":"\"A jewel of a book.\" --\u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the 1960s, in London's West End, and Freddie is the formidable proprietress of the Temple Stage School, which supplies child actors for everything from Shakespeare to musicals to the Christmas pantomime. Of unknown age and provenance, Freddie is a skirt-swathed enigma--a woman who by sheer force of character and single-minded thrust has turned herself and her school into a national institution. Anyone who is anyone must know Freddie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with unique and hilarious insights into the theatrical world, \u003cem\u003eAt Freddie's\u003c\/em\u003e is a beguiling story for those of us who sometimes pretend to be something we are not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Love, fear, class, ambition, even death--it's all in here, but so elegantly presented that you've finished your plate before you even think to ask about the ingredients.\" --National Public Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePENELOPE FITZGERALD (1916-2000) was one of the most elegant and distinctive voices in British fiction. She won the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction for \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Flower, \u003c\/i\u003e the Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eOffshore, \u003c\/i\u003e and three of her novels -- \u003ci\u003eThe Bookshop, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gate of Angels, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Beginning of Spring\u003c\/i\u003e -- were short-listed for the Booker Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556264513810,"sku":"9780544359482","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_31ef52e0-bf23-44b5-9f7e-fd7d87da0b95.jpg?v=1731750894","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/at-freddies-9780544359482","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}