{"product_id":"world-before-us","title":"World Before Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tantalising mystery... beguiling and richly suggestive' \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane was fifteen when her life changed for ever. In the woods surrounding a Yorkshire country house, she took her eyes off the little girl she was minding and the girl slipped into the trees - never to be seen again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow an adult, Jane is obsessed with another disappearance: that of a young woman who walked out of a Victorian lunatic asylum one day in 1877. As Jane pieces together moments in history, forgotten stories emerge - of sibling jealousy, illicit affairs, and tragic death . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Strange and absorbing . . . I relished this book' - Penelope Lively\u003ci\u003e, The New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sensitive, melancholy, sharply observant. A work of great power' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ambitious, inticate . . . cleverly innovates while tipping a nod to classic Gothic tropes: dynastic rivalries, crumbling country houses, madhouses and vanished girls' \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e (Canada)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant work of humanity and imagination, artful and breathtakingly beautiful. It will continue to haunt long after you have finished reading' Helen Humphreys, author of \u003ci\u003eNocturne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful, thought-provoking, haunting and haunted . . . Reminiscent of A.S. Byatt's \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e, it forces you to look at the world - the people around you, the objects they hold dear - in a different light' \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e (Canada)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254359347544,"sku":"9780241970706","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241970706_08fcbeff-9985-466a-b87f-288a710abc7b.jpg?v=1764936043","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/world-before-us","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}