{"product_id":"9780751578607-the-thinning","title":"The Thinning","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful literary page-turner about two young people in a race against time to reach a monumental solar eclipse, from famed Australian novelist Inga Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Storytelling at its best. I was enthralled' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Winman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e(on Inga Simpson's Willowman)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stunningly wrought .\u003ci\u003e The Thinning\u003c\/i\u003e moves with the compressed momentum of a thriller towards a spectacular climax' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We haven't always lived like this .'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFin grew up by an observatory, learning about telescopes and planets, inspired by the passions of her parents, then leaders in their fields of astrophotography and astronomy. Those days are long over. Now Fin, her mother, Dianella, and a band of outliers live deep off the grid, always on amber alert and always ready to run.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the outside world, things are not good: extinctions and a loss of diversity threaten what's left of the environment. With a new disaster looming, Fin finds herself thrust into an unlikely partnership with a stranger who has appeared in their camp - one of a new breed of evolved humans, the Incompletes, who are widely distrusted. But the pair will need to work together during a dangerous journey if they are to play their part in an audacious plan to help restore the natural world - and humankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Thinning \u003c\/i\u003eis both an exquisitely written novel of nature and urgent thriller by the bestselling and acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWillowman \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last Woman in the World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No label can fully do justice to the essence, the quality, the depth of a tale that's as subtle yet momentous as The Thinning. It is one of those rare novels you may wish to read again' \u003ci\u003eARTSHUB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Heart-racing . [An] emotive tour de force' \u003ci\u003eTHE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Incandescent . An electric and melancholy tale, disturbingly believable but ultimately - and surprisingly - hopeful' \u003ci\u003eTHE STELLA PRIZE JUDGES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An emotional tribute to the natural world. Moving. Urgent. Beautifully written' KAREN VIGGERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Incandescent, righteously angry, superbly constructed' MICHAEL WINKLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55472424452470,"sku":"9780751578607","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33801645.jpg?v=1744898860","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780751578607-the-thinning","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}