{"title":"Megan Hunter","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-harpy","title":"The Harpy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe End We Start From\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Harpy \u003c\/em\u003eis a fierce tale of love, betrayal and revenge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Lucy and Jake live in a house by a field where the sun burns like a ball of fire. Lucy works from home but devotes her life to the children, to their finely tuned routine, and to the house itself, which comforts her like an old, sly friend. But then a man calls one afternoon with a shattering message: his wife has been having an affair with Lucys husband, he wants her to know.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe revelation marks a turning point: Lucy and Jake decide to stay together, but in a special arrangement designed to even the score and save their marriage, she will hurt him three times. Jake will not know when the hurt is coming, nor what form it will take.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the couple submit to a delicate game of crime and punishment, Lucy herself begins to change, surrendering to a transformation of both mind and body from which there is no return.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold in dazzling, musical prose, \u003cem\u003eThe Harpy\u003c\/em\u003e by Megan Hunter is a dark, staggering fairy tale, at once mythical and otherworldly and fiercely contemporary. It is a novel of love, marriage and its failures, of power and revenge, of metamorphosis and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Harpy \u003c\/em\u003eis brilliant. Hunter imbues the everyday with apocalyptic unease. A deeply unsettling, excellent read. Daisy Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264208683302,"sku":"the-harpy","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/48a94301-3145-4f12-b0b8-c10fa9ec4484.jpg?v=1701094291"},{"product_id":"days-of-light","title":"Days of Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Think\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOne Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewritten by (and starring) Virginia Woolf . . . lyrical and captivating'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Radiant, absorbing, sensual'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Joanna Quinn, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Whalebone Theatre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe End We Start From\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, now a major film starring Jodie Comer, and taking inspiration from the influential Bloomsbury Group,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDays of Light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a sweeping, gorgeous story for fans of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMothering Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEaster Sunday, 1938. Ivy is nineteen and ready for her life to finally begin. In the idyllic Sussex countryside, her sprawling, bohemian family and their friends gather for lunch, awaiting the arrival of a longed-for guest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a single, enchanted afternoon that ends in tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDays later, at a funeral, Ivy is kissed by the man she will marry, and grieves with the woman who will become the love of her life. 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