{"product_id":"water-1","title":"Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A perceptive, moving exploration of guilt, grief and complicity’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Boyne does not put a foot wrong in this masterly novella’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An intriguing investigation of contemporary trauma... [a] short but powerful book'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''His quietest novel... but one just as powerful as his larger canvases''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne comes a masterfully reflective story about one woman coming to terms with the demons of her past and finding a new path forward.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEscaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan you ever truly wash away your past?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat readers are saying:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A scorching, devastating tale''\u003cbr\u003e''Powerful, challenging and beautifully written’\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling, propulsive, and completely immersive’\u003cbr\u003e''Written with the same emotional intensity and thought provoking honesty as his longer works’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394045157758,"sku":"NW9780857529817","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780857529817.jpg?v=1778666493","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/water-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}