{"product_id":"last-house-before-the-mountain","title":"Last House Before The Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful and heartbreaking ... I absolutely loved it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e MONICA ALI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A poignant, captivating, beautifully woven family saga. As honest as Elena Ferrante, with the folkloric intensity of Téa Obreht’\u003c\/b\u003e CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The final moving paragraph strikes the reader like a knife to the heart’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria as little more than a beautiful temptress out for the men left behind. But when a red-haired stranger arrives in the village, Maria feels happiness seep back into her life and she faces a choice whose consequences will affect the lives of her family for generations to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the internationally bestselling and award-winning Austrian novelist Monika Helfer''s own family history, \u003ci\u003eLast House Before the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive, haunting, multi-layered saga about love, family, and the hidden wages of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria as little more than a beautiful temptress out to seduce the men left behind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when a red-haired stranger arrives in the village, Maria feels happiness seep back into her life and she faces a choice, with consequences that will affect the lives of her family for generations to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the award-winning Austrian novelist’s own family history, this is a propulsive, haunting story about love, family and the hidden wages of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A masterclass in literary compression. Helfer brings a whole world of wonder, loss and deep, deep longing to indelible life’ \u003c\/b\u003eLAIRD HUNT\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394002362750,"sku":"NW9781526657145","price":9.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781526657145.jpg?v=1779660797","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/last-house-before-the-mountain","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}