{"product_id":"talking-to-the-dead","title":"Talking to the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalking to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is bestselling author Helen Dunmore's fourth novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's nothing closer than sisters . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnloved by their distant mother, Isabel and Nina cemented their bond in childhood when tragedy struck the family. Many yeas later, with the difficult birth of Isabel's first child, it is Nina who comes to stay and help out her older sister. But Nina has other, important reasons for being under her sister's roof - not least of these is Isabel's husband, Richard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tragedy that drew two sisters together so many years ago still has the power to wrench them apart . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A writer of quiet deadly power . . . it takes two paragraphs to hook you. Don't resist'  \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dunmore's capacity for hauntingly psychological storytelling is on brilliant display'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Flies off the page, startling the reader with its brilliance'  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen Dunmore has published eleven novels with Penguin: \u003ci\u003eZennor in Darkness \u003c\/i\u003e, which won the McKitterick Prize; \u003ci\u003eBurning Bright\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Spell of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Orange Prize; \u003ci\u003eTalking to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYour Blue-Eyed Boy\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e With Your Crooked Heart\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Siege, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; \u003ci\u003eMourning Ruby\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHouse of Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCounting the Stars \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. She is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226868535640,"sku":"9780141033594","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141033594.jpg?v=1778560256","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/talking-to-the-dead","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}