{"product_id":"9780349014081","title":"The Story of the Forest","description":"Author: Linda Grant\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349014081\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026lt;h3\u0026gt;SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023\u0026lt;\/h3\u0026gt;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNIGELLA LAWSON\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn't put it down'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePHILIPPA PERRY\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jewel-like clarity... exceptional'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRICHARD COLES\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisite writing [and] a triumphant, elegant ending' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intelligent family saga... ambitious and moving and funny' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTESSA HADLEY\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt'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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho,\u003ci\u003e The Story of the Forest \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrwell Prize for Political Fiction Award Ceremony - 22 June 2023\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491594752158,"sku":"ADS-9780349014081","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349014081.jpg?v=1770594645","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349014081","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}