{"product_id":"9781035066285-always-home-always-homesick-a-love-letter-to-iceland","title":"Always Home, Always Homesick","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Love Letter to Iceland\u003cbr\u003eFrom Hannah Kent, the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBurial Rites\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a book about the extraordinary country that is Iceland, and about the creative life it inspired. \u003ci\u003eAlways Home, Always Homesick\u003c\/i\u003e is for lovers of Iceland and of travel and for those interested in what it means to write.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Immediate, intimate and never less than captivating’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Burial Rites \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an inspirational memoir about her travels in Iceland, an extraordinary country that has forged a nation of storytellers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she was seventeen years old, Hannah Kent travelled to Iceland from Australia. She’d never seen snow before, didn’t speak a word of Icelandic. All she knew was that she wanted to have an experience – to soak up something of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon she found herself isolated in a remote part of Iceland in a dark winter. It was a gruelling experience, but she quickly fell in love with the country: with its brutally beautiful landscapes and with its people. On returning home, with images of Iceland’s towering glaciers and windswept tundras in her dreams, Hannah began to write.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, as a mother and a wife, she looks back to that extraordinary year in Iceland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBurial Rites\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Outstanding’ – Madeline Miller\u003cbr\u003e‘Gripping, intriguing and unique’ – Kate Mosse\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I’ve read’ – \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Remarkable’ – \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A must-read’ – \u003ci\u003eGrazia\u003c\/i\u003e\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":56849140154742,"sku":"9781035066285","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41102697.jpg?v=1777623404","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035066285-always-home-always-homesick-a-love-letter-to-iceland","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}