{"product_id":"house-by-the-lake","title":"House By The Lake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The incredible story of how a house was witness to German history\" \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A touching picturebook which shows children that large events can have repercussions even in small and unheralded places\" \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eA beautiful picture-book adaptation of Thomas Harding''s Costa-shortlisted biography for adults, exquisitely illustrated by Britta Teckentrup.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the outskirts of Berlin, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a century, this little house played host to a loving Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, wartime refugees and a Stasi informant; in that time, a world war came and went, and the Berlin Wall was built a stone''s throw from the cottage''s back door. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Harding first shared this remarkable story in his Costa-shortlisted biography \u003ci\u003eThe House by the Lake –\u003c\/i\u003e now he has rendered it into a deeply moving picture-book for young readers. With words that read like a haunting fairy-tale, and magnificent artwork by Britta Teckentrup, this is the astonishing true story of the house by the lake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An atmospheric and ultimately uplifting tale with delicate, ethereal images\" \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL BIOGRAPHY OF \u003ci\u003eTHE HOUSE BY THE LAKE\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Radio 4 Book of the Week\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026gt;\u0026gt; \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026gt;\u0026gt; \u003ci\u003eCommonweal \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Orwell Prize 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver 50 five-star reviews on Amazon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A passionate memoir.\" – Neil MacGregor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A remarkable book.\" – Tom Holland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A book that will stay with me for a very long time.\" – Rachel Joyce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb work of social history.\" – \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Diamond brilliant ... an extraordinary book.\" – \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deft history of a cabin containing many secrets.\" – \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating window on a tumultuous period\" – \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Original, personal, moving and uplifting\" – \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a history that is often poignant, sometimes heartening, and never other than intimate.\" – \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An extraordinary book…. Harding has extracted the past from the dust that collects between floorboards and from layers of peeling wallpaper.” – \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eSEE ALSO THOMAS HARDING''S NEW BIOGRAPHY, \u003ci\u003eLEGACY\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was riveted: this is a fascinating social history.\" – Nigella Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written with love and imagination ... a masterclass in historical empathy.\" – \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nobody quite stirs the soup of historical detail like Harding.\" – \u003ci\u003eExpress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314348302718,"sku":"NW9781406398694","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781406398694.jpg?v=1778700662","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/house-by-the-lake","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}