{"product_id":"9781529435603","title":"A Granite Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Granite Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration - a journey through time to a particular house, in a particular street, Urquhart Road, Aberdeen in 1934, where eight-year-old Helen Priestly lives with her mother and father.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among this long, grey corridor of four-storey tenements, a daunting expanse of granite, working families are squashed together like pickled herrings in their narrow flats. Here are Helen's neighbours: the Topps, the Josses, the Mitchells, the Gordons, the Donalds, the Coulls and the Hunts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning home from school for her midday meal, Helen is sent by her mother Agnes to buy a loaf from the bakery at the end of the street. Agnes never sees her daughter alive again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nina Allan explores the aftermath of Helen's disappearance, turning a probing eye to the close-knit neighbourhood - where everyone knows everyone, at least by sight - and with subtlety and sympathy, explores the intricate layers of truth and falsehood that can coexist in one moment of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull of echoes, allusions and eerie diversions, \u003ci\u003eA Granite Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is an investigation into a notorious true crime case, but also a stylish, imaginative inquiry into who gets to tell a story, how it is told, and why\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"riverrun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57017795379573,"sku":"9781529435603","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781529435603.jpg?v=1775055307","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781529435603","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}