{"product_id":"the-sealwomans-gift-the-zoe-ball-book-club-novel-of-17th-century-iceland","title":"The Sealwoman's Gift: the Zoe Ball book club novel of 17th century Iceland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e | THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PAUL TORDAY MEMORIAL PRIZE | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WAVERTON GOOD READ AWARD | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ZOE BALL ITV BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'REMARKABLE' Sarah Perry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'EXTRAORDINARILY IMMERSIVE' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A REALLY, REALLY GOOD READ' BBC R2 Book Club'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'LYRICAL' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'POETIC' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, and their children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor's wife, as she faces her losses with the one thing left to her - the stories from home - and forges an ambiguous bond with the man who bought her. Uplifting, moving, and sharply witty, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sealwoman's Gift\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003espeaks across centuries and oceans about loss, love, resilience and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sally Magnusson has taken an amazing true event and created a brilliant first novel. It's an epic journey in every sense: although it's historical, it's incredibly relevant to our world today. We had to pick it' \u003ci\u003eZoe Ball Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Richly imagined and energetically told' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best sort of historical novel' \u003ci\u003eScotsman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling ' \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An accomplished and intelligent novel' Yrsa Sigurdardottir, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Did You Lie?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vivid and compelling' Adam Nichols, co-translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 384 pages | Published June 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63997817815389,"sku":"9781473638983","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781473638983.jpg?v=1774587856","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-sealwomans-gift-the-zoe-ball-book-club-novel-of-17th-century-iceland","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}