{"product_id":"lolly-willowes-paperback","title":"Lolly Willowes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This is the witty, eerie, tender but firm life history of a middle-class Englishwoman who politely declines to make the expected connection with the opposite sex and becomes a witch instead.\" -- John Updike \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Forty-seven-year-old Lolly Willowes is a conventional maiden aunt, an unpaid companion and babysitter to her brothers' children. After years of submission to her controlling family, she develops a longing for the countryside and dark, wild places that impels her to flee London for a remote village. Lolly soon discovers that her new neighbors are a coven of bohemian witches and eventually encounters Satan himself -- a genial country gentleman who's ready to make a pact. \u003cbr\u003e The first-ever selection of the Book of the Month Club upon its 1926 publication, \u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e was a surprise international bestseller. This proto-feminist work has since been chosen as one of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Novels of All Time, and it remains a richly satirical novel that celebrates the joys of self-actualization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Revolutionary ... a subtle demand for women's power over their own lives.\" -- Alison Lurie \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Remarkable ... pungent and satisfying.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374028980447,"sku":"9780486843483","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/PdLhx6FKpE9780486843483.webp?v=1789168371","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/lolly-willowes-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}