{"product_id":"notes-from-an-exhibition-9781472255389","title":"Notes from an Exhibition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Patrick Gale's best-loved novels, NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION, set in Cornwall, is the exquisite story of artistic compulsion, marriage, and the secrets left behind\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Poised and pitch-perfect throughout' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is complete perfection' Stephen Fry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated artist Rachel Kelly dies alone in her Penzance studio, after decades of struggling with the creative highs and devastating lows that have coloured her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer family gathers, each of them searching for answers. They reflect on lives shaped by the enigmatic Rachel - as artist, wife and mother - and on the ambiguous legacies she leaves them, of talent, torment and transcendent love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn uplifting, immensely empathetic novel'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat readers love about NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e A shifting, multi-layered, beautifully textured portrait of not-quite ordinary family life' \u003c\/b\u003e⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The word that shimmers with me is empathy. Gale has such a sensitive understanding of how minds and hearts work and react on one another amid the chaos and sometimes intense joys of real living' \u003c\/b\u003e⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I loved the exhibition-style notes at the beginning of each chapter, which heralded a hint of the chapter's contents. Beautifully woven back and forth in time to reveal the complexities of fascinating family members and their relationships' \u003c\/b\u003e⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight. He spent his infancy at Wandsworth Prison, which his father governed, then grew up in Winchester before going to Oxford University. He now lives on a farm near Land's End. One of this country's best-loved novelists, his most recent works are \u003ci\u003eA Perfectly Good Man, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Richard and Judy bestseller \u003ci\u003eNotes From An Exhibition, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Costa-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eA Place Called Winter \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Mother's Boy\u003c\/i\u003e. His original BBC television drama, \u003ci\u003eMan In An Orange Shirt\u003c\/i\u003e, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 as part of the BBC's Queer Britannia series, leading viewers around the world to discover his novels.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tinder Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807241863442,"sku":"9781472255389","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e4caac0-326e-4d20-bbbd-e9d0839daf3f.jpg?v=1766047429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/notes-from-an-exhibition-9781472255389","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}