{"product_id":"9781914613364-salt-and-skin","title":"Salt and Skin","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA family on the edge and a community ensnared by history. 'Brilliant. With such a good ending, it had me slapping the back cover closed with utmost satisfaction and respect. Hard recommend.' Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Brilliant. With such a good ending, it had me slapping the back cover closed with utmost satisfaction and respect. Hard recommend' Hannah Kent, author of \u003cem\u003eBurial Rites and Devotion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLuda, a photographer, and her two teenagers arrive in the Scottish Northern Isles to make a new life. Everywhere the past shimmers to the surface; the shifting landscapes and wild weather dominates; the line between reality and the uncanny seems thin here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe teenagers forge connections, making friends of neighbours, discovering both longing and dangerous compulsions. But their mother - fallible, obsessive, distracted - comes up hard against suspicion. The persecution and violence that drove the island's historic witch trials still simmers today, in isolated homes and church buildings, and where folklore and fact intertwine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA compelling and magically immersive novel about a family on the edge and a community ensnared by history, that gathers to an unforgettable ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40880676405345,"sku":"9781914613364","price":9.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34836255.jpg?v=1750289091","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781914613364-salt-and-skin","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}