{"product_id":"the-marmalade-diaries-the-true-story-of-an-odd-couple-9781785789021","title":"The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Charming, touching and very very funny\" -- Jenny Colgan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE HOUSE. TWO UNLIKELY HOUSEMATES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile hunting for a room in London, Ben Aitken came across one for a great price in a lovely part of town. There had to be a catch. And there was. The catch was Winnie: an 85-year-old widow who doesn't suffer fools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of warmth, wit and candor, \u003ci\u003eThe Marmalade Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of an unlikely friendship built during an unlikely time. One of the pair, a grieving aristocrat in her mid-eighties. The other? A millennial snowflake. What could possibly go wrong? What could possibly go right?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of the most inauspicious of soils - and from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gran Tour\u003c\/i\u003e - comes a book about grief, family, friendship, loneliness, life, love, lockdown and marmalade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Aitken\u003c\/b\u003e was born under Thatcher, grew to 6ft then stopped, and is an Aquarius. He is the author of four books: \u003ci\u003eDear Bill Bryson\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Chip Shop in Poznan \u003c\/i\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller), \u003ci\u003eThe Gran Tour \u003c\/i\u003e('Both moving and hilarious', \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eThe Marmalade Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Icon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496938639634,"sku":"9781785789021","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_08ba55de-ca3f-4829-91b2-250d7b2b15ef.jpg?v=1730702924","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-marmalade-diaries-the-true-story-of-an-odd-couple-9781785789021","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}