{"product_id":"strangers-at-the-port","title":"Strangers At The Port","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Enchanting and haunting''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRACHEL RODDY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A fable for our times''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This novel amazed me. It is the work of a true original''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLUCIE ELVEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A seaside Gothic tale teeming with superstition and mistrust'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eREADINGS MONTHLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiulia is ten. She lives on the greenest island in a volcanic archipelago. She has never left. Her best friend, apart from her older sister Giovanna, is a donkey. Giulia and Giovanna''s days on the island are shaped by ritual, community, superstition and isolation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil the men arrive. And a foreign yacht anchors at the port. And the vines begin to fail. And everything changes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eDolores\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrangers at the Port\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite, enchanted novel about myth and memory, suspicion and dislocation, emigrants and explorers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57275258536318,"sku":"NW9781399608183","price":9.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399608183.jpg?v=1778544240","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/strangers-at-the-port","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}