{"product_id":"father-and-son-by-edmund-gosse-9781784874391","title":"Father and Son","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFather and Son\u003c\/em\u003e is the classic memoir of inter-generational strife, featuring an afterword from Sarah Perry, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003c\/em\u003e, and an introduction by Anthony Quinn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSubtitled \"a study of two temperaments,\" Edmund Gosse's childhood memoir narrates the often fractious, yet often comic, story of his relationship with his authoritarian father. Philip Henry Gosse, a pioneering naturalist and marine biologist with a strictly religious worldview, faces a crisis provoked by the revelations of Charles Darwin and the death of his wife, Emily, who is Edmund's mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Edmund seeks to break away from his father's influence, the transition from one epoch to the next unfolds with struggle, humour, and glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46271935906028,"sku":"9781784874391","price":38.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784874391.jpg?v=1742265398","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/father-and-son-by-edmund-gosse-9781784874391","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}