{"product_id":"9781786487933","title":"An Ocean of Minutes","description":"Author: Thea Lim\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781786487933\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 May 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA devastating and timely novel about courage, yearning, the cost of holding onto the past - and the price of letting it go. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The clear-eyed, evocative writing here is reminiscent of Margaret Atwood, and anyone familiar with \u003ci\u003eTHE HANDMAID'S TALE\u003c\/i\u003e will find resonance in these pages... a devastating debut'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eAN OCEAN OF MINUTES\u003c\/i\u003e absolutely swept me away' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolly and Frank are young and in love, a lifetime together before them. But one evening in 1980, as the Texas sun sets over their shoulders, the world is suddenly pulled apart by a deadly virus. Within months, Frank is dying. Polly can save him, but only if she agrees to a radical plan: to time travel to 1993 for a corporation who can fund his life-saving treatment. She can only go forward, she cannot go back. And she must leave everything she loves behind, including Frank.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll they have is the promise of a future together: they will find each other again in twelve years' time, in Galveston, Texas, where the sea begins.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when something goes wrong and Polly arrives late, Frank is nowhere to be found. Completely alone, Polly must navigate a terrifying new world to find him, and to discover if their love has endured.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A profound meditation on the inhumanity of class and the limits of love... This is a story about the malleability of time, but at its core lives something timeless'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOmar El Akkad, author of \u003ci\u003eAMERICAN WAR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Strikingly imaginative... unlike anything I've ever read, rich with pinpoint emotional insight and fierce, vivid observations about a future that's already our past' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElan Mastai, author of \u003ci\u003eALL OUR WRONG TODAYS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A buoyant, compelling tale ranging from the everyday beauty of falling in love to a frightening vision of a dystopian present day... boundless and dynamic'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJennie Melamed, author of \u003ci\u003eGATHER THE DAUGHTERS \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'AN OCEAN OF MINUTES\u003c\/i\u003e offers that rare combination of a provocative speculative setting, masterfully elegant writing, and a story that moves and haunts long after the last page'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Chariandy, author of \u003ci\u003eBROTHER\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924898136222,"sku":"ING-9781786487933","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781786487933.jpg?v=1782955237","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781786487933","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}