{"product_id":"9781529154894","title":"The Given World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A state-of-the-countryside novel ... rich in detail but vast in scope' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stunning tale of rural life ... Harrison earns a nod to George Eliot' \u003c\/b\u003eALEXANDRA HARRIS, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtraordinary ... Harrison is a nonpareil describer of the natural world' \u003c\/b\u003eINDIA KNIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful ... an \u003ci\u003eUnder Milk Wood \u003c\/i\u003efor the twenty-first century' \u003c\/b\u003eAMY LIPTROT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary ... The best serious fiction I've read this year' \u003c\/b\u003eFRANCIS SPUFFORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eApril brings spring surging with it, giving rise, among many in the village, to a comforting illusion that all is somehow still right with the world, and that nothing will ever change.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the ancient Welm Valley, something is shifting: the river is behaving oddly, while the arrival of spring, with its familiar rhythms, is shadowed by an undercurrent of unease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman falls while out walking and hopes to be found before nightfall; a doctor realises, too late, that he has long underestimated his wife; across the village, people are plagued by the same vast and unsettling dream. And alone in a converted priory, overlooking watermeadows unchanged for centuries, Clare Grey receives news which will force her to reconsider her family's past and the fresh weight of her solitary existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAttuned, loving and thoughtful ... I loved its warmth and intricacy' \u003c\/b\u003eSARAH MOSS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nobody does nature better than Melissa Harrison' \u003c\/b\u003eTRISTAN GOOLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reminds us with every luminous sentence about the fragile grace of ordinary lives' \u003c\/b\u003eEVIE WYLD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hutchinson Heinemann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57234123882869,"sku":"9781529154894","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781529154894.jpg?v=1780053477","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781529154894","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}