{"product_id":"the-given-world-by-melissa-harrison-9781529154894","title":"The Given World","description":"\u003cp\u003eWonderful ... an Under Milk Wood for the twenty-first century' Amy Liptrot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Reminds us with every luminous sentence about the fragile grace of ordinary lives' Evie Wyld\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Extraordinary ... The best serious fiction I've read this year' Francis Spufford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Attuned, loving and thoughtful ... I loved its warmth and intricacy' Sarah Moss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Nobody does nature better than Melissa Harrison' Tristan Gooley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Financial Times and Observer book to look out for in 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eApril brings spring surging with it, giving rise, among many in the village, to a comforting illusion that all is somehow still right with the world, and that nothing will ever change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the ancient Welm Valley, something is shifting: the river is behaving oddly, while the arrival of spring, with its familiar rhythms, is shadowed by an undercurrent of unease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA woman falls while out walking and hopes to be found before nightfall; a doctor realises, too late, that he has long underestimated his wife; across the village, people are plagued by the same vast and unsettling dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd alone in a converted priory, overlooking watermeadows unchanged for centuries, Clare Grey receives news which will force her to reconsider her family's past and the fresh weight of her solitary existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melissa Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56895084396917,"sku":"9781529154894","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781529154894.jpg?v=1773318064","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-given-world-by-melissa-harrison-9781529154894","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}