{"product_id":"9781787305243","title":"The Home of the Drowned","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen their summer settlement is flooded without warning, a family of Sámi women must fight for their way of life in a changing world, in this powerful, haunting novel. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Heartachingly beautiful' \u003cb\u003eLisa Ridzén, author of WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery summer, Ingá, her mother Rávdná, and her Aunt ¦nne travel west to their village on the lake. But the summer Ingá is thirteen, they arrive to find their home and possessions have disappeared under water, the land flooded by a dam built to supply hydropower to a society that has continually stolen from them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Home of the Drowned\u003c\/i\u003e follows these women's fortunes over forty years - from 1942 to 1982 - as the water their people have lived near for centuries is transformed into a menacing force that threatens all they hold dear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDefying the authorities, Rávdná decides to build a house on the lake to replace what was lost, becoming an unlikely activist. Meanwhile, ¦nne's health is in decline, and a concerned Ingá merely longs to live like everyone else - an impossible wish when the Swedish state is relentlessly drowning her world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElin Anna Labba's debut novel brings Sámi history to the fore, revealing connections between land, water and people that hauntingly reverberate with the question: what is it that makes a home?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In this story of the struggle of a family of Sámi women... the great saga of humanity seems mystically encoded. . .With the heft of myth and the urgency of activism, this book is a clear-eyed portal into a world of wonder, injustice, resilience, and hope' \u003cb\u003eDamian Le Bas, author of THE DROWNED PLACES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57205317796213,"sku":"9781787305243","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781787305243.jpg?v=1779110343","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781787305243","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}