{"product_id":"bailey-eleanor-idioglossia-9780552776073","title":"Idioglossia","description":"Idioglossia: A secret language between a few people a private language; a lalallation; the babble of babies or the murmur of lunatics.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBolshy demanding eccentric Great Edie is a Jewish immigrant whose aspirations have always been dampened by reality and whose talents she obscures behind a bristling exterior. Her daughter Grace has been incarcerated in an asylum for most of her adult life following a tragedy from which she never recovers. As a result Maggie her only child is brought up by an alcoholic father on board a cruise liner where like him she earns her keep as an entertainer of sorts. Her own daughter Sarah is truly dispossessed and through promiscuous sex seeks the affection denied to her as a child.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThough disparate their lives have a curious symmetry: four generations of women who have all been touched by a legacy of madness which they must in one way or another confront if they are to achieve fulfilment. Idioglossia is a rich and rewarding novel written with a sparklingly original voice and is destined to establish Eleanor Bailey as one of the most exciting writers of her generation.","brand":"Black Swan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53817520193878,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/bailey-eleanor-idioglossia-9780552776073","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}