{"product_id":"chatterton-square-9780712353229","title":"Chatterton Square","description":"\u003ci\u003e'You don't mean you're going to divorce him?' Miss Spanner \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003esaid with horror.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A sophisticated, emotive novel, \u003ci\u003eChatterton Square\u003c\/i\u003e concerns the complex web of relationships between two neighboring families, the Blacketts and the Frasers. Framed by the advance of the Second World War, the subtle mechanics of marriage and love are laid bare through the observation of three of the marital options open to the mid-century woman: unmarried, separated, miserably married. \u003ci\u003eChatterton Square\u003c\/i\u003e was published ten years after calls for a change in divorce law resulted in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1937. Despite there being more legal provision for women seeking divorce, the suggestion of it remained shocking, providing the central focus for Young's novel.\u003cp\u003eBritish Library Women Writers 1940's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of a curated collection of forgotten works by early to mid-century women writers, the British Library Women Writers series highlights the best middlebrow fiction from the 1910s to the 1960s, offering escapism, popular appeal and plenty of period detail to amuse, surprise and inform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Hilda Young\u003c\/b\u003e (1880-1949) was a prolific British novelist, winning the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1930. Her most successful novel is \u003ci\u003eWilliam\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1925, which is still in print today. Her novels often take unconventional households as their subject.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"British Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50380861309202,"sku":"9780712353229","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5afe9f39-9d84-4344-b5d6-75220104e5cb.jpg?v=1728688834","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chatterton-square-9780712353229","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}