{"product_id":"leader-of-the-band-by-fay-weldon","title":"'Leader of the Band' by Fay Weldon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-19\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-19\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-19\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-170\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e4c6c96d-f7e3-4534-8045-9d90d6d2acdb\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"609\"\u003eStarlady Sandra is a television astronomer, wife, mother, public woman, private mess, and apparently not content to remain politely arranged inside anyone else’s idea of sense.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"609\"\u003eWhen she abandons her barrister husband and runs off with the leader of a band, the novel, and her life, become a sharp little detonation of marriage, fantasy, female appetite, motherhood, ambition, and the stories women are expected to keep tidy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"995\"\u003eWeldon is very good at making domestic life feel like a rigged experiment: funny, bitter, agile, and slightly radioactive. This is a novel about wanting more, then discovering that “more” is not freedom so much as another room with worse lighting. For readers who like their feminist fiction clever, unsentimental, sexually alert, and full of women behaving inconveniently on purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"995\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1389\" data-end=\"1412\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst American edition hardback, published by Viking Penguin, 1989. Dust jacket present. Ex-library copy with library stamp\/markings to copyright page and protective cover remnants\/handling wear visible. Jacket has edge wear, rubbing, and creasing, especially around the spine and corners. Pages clean and readable. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44785784094803,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-29T153423.830.png?v=1780032909","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/leader-of-the-band-by-fay-weldon","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}