{"product_id":"9781914613364","title":"Salt and Skin","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Brilliant. With such a good ending, it had me slapping\nthe back cover closed with utmost satisfaction and respect. Hard recommend.’\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHannah Kent, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBurial Rites \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDevotion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Until recently, there had been four of them. Unspeaking,\nthe three remaining Managans lugged their bags into Ewan’s waiting car. Luda\nand her children were not staying in the ghost house on Seannay that first\nnight. The window broken in the storm must first be fixed. Living on the islands\nmeans being in constant conversation with the wind; negotiating where it will\nand will not go.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Managans do not know this yet. It is a lesson they\nwill begin to learn a week later, watching the cliff collapse into the sea.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuda, a\nphotographer, and her two teenagers arrive in the Scottish Northern Isles to\nmake a new life. Everywhere the past shimmers to the surface; the shifting\nlandscapes and wild weather dominates; the line between reality and the uncanny\nseems thin here. The teenagers forge connections, making friends of neighbours,\ndiscovering both  longing and dangerous\ncompulsions. But their mother – fallible, obsessive, distracted – comes up hard\nagainst suspicion. The persecution and violence that drove the island’s\nhistoric witch trials still simmers today, in isolated homes and church\nbuildings, and where folklore and fact intertwine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA compelling and magically immersive novel about a family on\nthe edge and a community ensnared by history, that gathers to an unforgettable\nending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Henry-Jones blends past and present, reality and magic\ninto a compelling story loud with warning voices for our time.’ \u003ci\u003eSydney\nMorning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eliza Henry-Jones","offers":[{"title":"Global Book Sales |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-09-29","offer_id":44230060245247,"sku":"9781914613364","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e2710498-d65c-4719-b484-5b175d8a8551.jpg?v=1692996548","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781914613364","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}