{"product_id":"dont-look-at-me-like-that","title":"Don't Look at Me Like That","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiana Athill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn England half a century ago, well-brought-up young women are meant to aspire to the respectable life. Some things are not to be spoken of; some are most certainly not to be done. There are rules, conventions. Meg Bailey obeys them. She progresses from Home Counties school to un-Bohemian art college with few outward signs of passion or frustration. Her personality is submerged in polite routines; even with her best friend, Roxane, what can’t be said looms far larger than what can. But circumstances change. Meg gets a job and moves to London. Roxane gets married to a man picked out by her mother. And then Meg does something shocking – shocking not only by the standards of her time, but by our own. As sharp and startling now as when it was written, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t Look at Me Like That\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e matches Diana Athill’s memoirs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter a Funeral\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInstead of a Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in its gift for storytelling and its unflinching candour about love and betrayal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDecember 5, 2020 by Granta Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Good \/ Paperback \/ Diana Athill","offer_id":51178780557610,"sku":"9781783785803","price":39.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/4039\/5562\/files\/49750242.jpg?v=1772617339","url":"https:\/\/evasusedbooks.co\/products\/dont-look-at-me-like-that","provider":"Eva's Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}