{"product_id":"story-of-the-forest-9780349014098","title":"Story of the Forest","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning Linda Grant, a vibrant imagining of the tumultuous world of early twentieth-century Europe through the eyes of Mina, a young girl whose adventures begin in a deep dark forest.\u003c\/b\u003e'Epic, magnificent, beautiful. A perfect work of art and craft and such a good story... I felt I was living it. I couldn't put it down' \u003cb\u003ePhilippa Perry\u003c\/b\u003e'Magnificent... flawless writing, wonderfully flawed characters, its epic sweep combined with a warm immediacy... I'm in awe, I'm charmed, and I want to press a copy on everyone I know' \u003cb\u003eNigella Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e'What an amazing novel... Vivid storytelling with complex and colourful characters... spectacular' \u003cb\u003eDavid Morrissey\u003c\/b\u003eIt'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.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?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.","brand":"Linda Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51323541422422,"sku":"9780349014098","price":17.66,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9780349014098.jpg?v=1757948297","url":"https:\/\/www.englishbook.fi\/products\/story-of-the-forest-9780349014098","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}