{"product_id":"land-by-maggie-ofarrell","title":"Land by Maggie O'Farrell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A heart-bursting story of resilience and love' LOUISE KENNEDY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A story that has such heart' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Darkly magical. A brilliant and powerful novel' ALICE WINN\u003cbr\u003e'Magnificent... a feat of the historical imagination'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e INDEPENDENT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of vigour... O'Farrell excels' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As visceral as a novel can get'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eYAEL VAN DER WOUDEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOn a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomás, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomás is sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and those of his family, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomás and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping, and get them both home?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Argosy Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60876323193166,"sku":"9781472289094","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/6574\/4308\/files\/Land.png?v=1789993585","url":"https:\/\/shop.russborough.ie\/products\/land-by-maggie-ofarrell","provider":"Russborough Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}