{"product_id":"9780349014098-story-of-the-forest","title":"The Story of the Forest","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023\u003cbr\u003eFrom the award-winning novelist, a vibrant imagining of the tumultuous world of early twentieth-century Europe through the eyes of Mina, a young girl whose adventures begin in a deep dark forest -- \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efull of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning Linda Grant, a vibrant imagining of the tumultuous world of early twentieth-century Europe through the eyes of Mina, a young girl whose adventures begin in a deep dark forest.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Epic, magnificent, beautiful. A perfect work of art and craft and such a good story. I felt I was living it. I couldn't put it down' \u003cb\u003ePhilippa Perry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Magnificent. flawless writing, wonderfully flawed characters, its epic sweep combined with a warm immediacy. I'm in awe, I'm charmed, and I want to press a copy on everyone I know' \u003cb\u003eNigella Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What an amazing novel. Vivid storytelling with complex and colourful characters. spectacular' \u003cb\u003eDavid Morrissey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho,\u003ci\u003e The Story of the Forest \u003c\/i\u003eis about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40886081257569,"sku":"9780349014098","price":13.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34010332.jpg?v=1753427605","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349014098-story-of-the-forest","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}