{"product_id":"9781846977589","title":"For the Love of Willie","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Agnes Owens\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2026 by Birlinn General (Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Agnes Owens Centenary Editions' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 12mm | 122g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the List's Best Scottish Books of All TimePeggy is sixteen, ambitious and wants to get a job to help her rise above her current predicament. Soon, she is employed at Willie Roper’s corner shop. But before long, her situation goes from bad to worse as she falls in love with her married, older employer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking back to her misspent youth, Peggy, now in a psychiatric hospital, is turning her teenage exploits into a romance novel and is trying to get her bedfellow, the duchess, to read the manuscript – but she would rather read a Mills and Boon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we read both sides of the tale, we learn about the fate of young Peggy and how she came to be in the duchess's company; the novel culminates in a surprising narrative punch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book that remains both shocking and quietly revolutionary' – Heather Parry'Agnes Owens' hallmarks have been a frank irony, a deadpan gothic quality and a down-to-earth insistence on the surreality of most people’s normality' – Ali SmithPublished to celebrate Agnes Owens' centenary year in 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Agnes Owens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64837967937885,"sku":"9781846977589","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781846977589.jpg?v=1780054026","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781846977589","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}