{"product_id":"9780349014081","title":"The Story of the Forest : Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023 - Linda Grant","description":"\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. The 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. Orwell Prize for Political Fiction Award Ceremony - 22 June 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Linda Grant","offers":[{"title":"288 pages \/ 06\/06\/2024 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":56966324093303,"sku":"9780349014081","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9780349014081.jpg?v=1780927457","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9780349014081","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}