{"product_id":"1399608606","title":"Base Notes: The Scents of a Life","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2025\u003cbr\u003e 'Ingenious' - ★★★★★ \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Candid and compelling' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Wistful, sad and funny' - \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Working-class life pinned to the page' - \u003ci\u003eHerald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'Already your future has been planned out. There is not much choice about what to become in the small town where you live . . .'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A bedroom dreamer with a headful of Warhol, Adelle Stripe's formative years were ones of daytime drinking and religious fervour, frustrated mothers and reckless daughters, desire, ambition and the pursuit of creativity. Told through a prism of vintage perfumes, and played out in vivid detail with startling clarity and colour, \u003ci\u003eBase Notes\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles an unbridled Northern England of the late 20th century already fading from view.\u003cbr\u003e With a keen eye for the absurd, an ear cocked to eavesdropped conversations and a nose that finds perfume wherever it goes, this tragicomic tale of working-class womanhood is no clichéd story of redemption or escape, but instead a bleakly funny yet unflinching memoir of dead-end jobs, lost weekends, brief encounters and those wild, forgotten characters who slip through the cracks.\u003cbr\u003e Infused with acerbic observations and unexpected poignancy, \u003ci\u003eBase Notes\u003c\/i\u003e sees Adelle Stripe boldly laying her lived experience on the page, creating literature from a life less ordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies \u0026amp; Memoirs\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stripe, Adelle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e White Rabbit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781399608602\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49280688914622,"sku":"1399608606-4","price":5.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/811w7b34vBL.jpg?v=1791952653","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1399608606","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}