num_pages: 224
description: In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life - quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and his beautiful, emotionally injured wife - a bargain based on unexpressed, inexpressible love and on a courageous acceptance of life's deprivation.
language: English
title: The Sweet Shop Owner
titlecomplete: The Sweet Shop Owner
genres: British Literature, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 634
publisher: Pan MacMillan