{"title":"200626","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781837260751","title":"The Edge of Solitude","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharlotte says about The Edge of Solitude: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-6b09f471-7fff-58b7-5bf3-017f1007c867\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A disgraced environmental activist recounts the reason for her fall from grace whilst aboard a ship destined for Antarctica surrounded by a turbulent and questionable crew. This is a unique take on speculative\/sci-fiction that feels as though you’re reading an epilogue of someone else’s life, whilst keeping pace in the present as the story tips into a murky thriller!  A surprising read, and a reminder that there will always be consequences to our choices.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lone ship journeys south, heading for the furthest reaches of Antarctica. It belongs to Sky, the billionaire behind a groundbreaking project to salvage the region. On board is disgraced environmental activist Ivy Cunningham, lending her expertise in the hope that it might rescue her reputation - and perhaps even mend her broken relationship with her son. And yet, as the ship moves ever deeper into the breathtaking but eerie landscape, Ivy grows increasingly suspicious of her fellow passengers, and starts to question the project's motives. If she could leave, she would - but she knows there's no way home. 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An homage to art and authenticity, it balances its gritty and compelling plot with introspection and a personal tenderness that give it life and warmth until its final pages.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOxfordshire, 1899. Grace Inderwick grows up on the peripheries of a once-great household, an unwanted guest in her uncle’s home. She has unusual skills and unusual predilections: for painting, though faces elude her; for lurking in the shadows; for other girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Then a letter arrives, postmarked Saint Helena. After years missing at sea, Grace’s cousin Charles is ready to come home. When Charles returns, unrecognisable and uncanny, a rift emerges between those who claim he is an imposter and Grace’s aunt, who insists he is her son. 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