{"product_id":"grant-linda-the-story-of-the-forest-9780349014081","title":"The Story of the Forest","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023 'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn't put it down' PHILIPPA PERRY 'Jewel-like clarity... exceptional' RICHARD COLES 'Exquisite writing [and] a triumphant, elegant ending' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'An intelligent family saga... ambitious and moving and funny' TESSA HADLEY 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. 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, The Story of the Forest 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. Orwell Prize for Political Fiction Award Ceremony - 22 June 2023","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53414172590422,"sku":"9780349014081-V","price":6.69,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780349014081_1.jpg?v=1781661117","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/grant-linda-the-story-of-the-forest-9780349014081","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}