{"product_id":"how-to-be-brave","title":"How To Be Brave","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mother battles to save her child’s life by recounting an extraordinary true story of a sailor’s fight for survival at sea during the Second World War … a beautiful, poignant debut celebrating the power of words, and what it really means to be brave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***Longlisted for the Not the Booker Prize***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''It’s a gentle book, full of emotion and it’s similar in tone to The Book Thief, a book that Rose reads with a torch under the bedclothes’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Louise Beech masterfully envelops us in two worlds separated by time yet linked by fierce family devotion, bravery and the triumph of human spirit. Wonderful’ \u003cb\u003eAmanda Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the stories died that morning … until we found the one we’d always known.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen nine-year-old Rose is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, Natalie must use her imagination to keep her daughter alive. They begin dreaming about and seeing a man in a brown suit who feels hauntingly familiar, a man who has something for them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the magic of storytelling, Natalie and Rose are transported to the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, to a lifeboat, where an ancestor survived for fifty days before being rescued.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoignant, beautifully written and tenderly told, \u003ci\u003eHow To Be Brave\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the contemporary story of a mother battling to save her child’s life with an extraordinary true account of bravery and a fight for survival in the Second World War. A simply unforgettable debut that celebrates the power of words, the redemptive energy of a mother’s love … and what it really means to be brave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An amazing story of hope and survival … a love letter to the power of books and stories’ \u003cb\u003eNick Quantrill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Two family stories of loss and redemption intertwine in a painfully beautiful narrative. This book grabbed me right around my heart and didn’t let go’ \u003cb\u003eCassandra Parkin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Louise Beech is a natural born storyteller and this is a wonderful story’ \u003cb\u003eRuss Litten\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Beautifully written, intelligent and moving, this book will stay with you long after you reach the end’ \u003cb\u003eRuth Dugdall\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316198941054,"sku":"NW9781910633199","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781910633199.jpg?v=1778717930","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/how-to-be-brave","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}