{"product_id":"story-of-the-forest","title":"Story of the Forest","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e NIGELLA LAWSON\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn't put it down'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PHILIPPA PERRY\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Jewel-like clarity... exceptional'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e RICHARD COLES\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Exquisite writing [and] a triumphant, elegant ending'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'An intelligent family saga... ambitious and moving and funny'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e TESSA HADLEY\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOrwell Prize for Political Fiction Award Ceremony - 22 June 2023\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43767981899973,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/The_20Story_20of_20the_20Forest.jpg?v=1719360630","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/story-of-the-forest","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}