{"product_id":"9780349014081","title":"The Story of the Forest : Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Linda Grant\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 June 2024 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e126 x 198 x 20mm | 232g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back'FINANCIAL TIMES'Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know'NIGELLA LAWSON'Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn't put it down' PHILIPPA PERRY'Jewel-like clarity... exceptional'RICHARD COLES'Exquisite writing [and] a triumphant, elegant ending' MAIL ON SUNDAY'An intelligent family saga... ambitious and moving and funny' TESSA HADLEYIt's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, The Story of the Forest is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrwell Prize for Political Fiction Award Ceremony - 22 June 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Linda Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56153973260613,"sku":"9780349014081","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780349014081.jpg?v=1762273311","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780349014081","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}