{"product_id":"whale-fall-1","title":"Whale Fall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘I didn't want it to end’ - Maggie O'Farrell, author of \u003ci\u003eHamnet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Gorgeous and heartbreaking . . . I wept’ - Yael van der Wouden, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Safekeep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BBC \u003ci\u003eBetween the Covers\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club Pick\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e Best Debut of the Year\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Betty Trask Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1938 and on an island off the coast of Wales, Manod is trying to imagine her future. Her choices are stark: she must either stay and look after her father's house, in the wild landscape that drove her mother to madness, or marry and leave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so, when two English anthropologists arrive on the island, Manod senses the possibility of a thrilling new life. But, as she becomes entangled in their work, and their strange relationship, the outside world she had yearned for appears a much darker place than she could ever have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth O’Connor’s beautiful, devastating debut \u003ci\u003eWhale Fall\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world on the brink of war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The quiet cadences of \u003ci\u003eWhale Fall\u003c\/i\u003e contain a deep melody of loss held and let go. It is a gentle, tough story about profound change’ - Anne Enright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Powerful . . . written with a calm, luminous precision’ - Colm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262570811736,"sku":"9781035024766","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035024766.jpg?v=1780113661","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/whale-fall-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}