{"product_id":"water-hc","title":"Water HC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A perceptive, moving exploration of guilt, grief and complicity’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Boyne does not put a foot wrong in this masterly novella’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e''An intriguing investigation of contemporary trauma... [a] short but powerful book'' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e''His quietest novel... but one just as powerful as his larger canvases''\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Business Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e___________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne comes a masterfully reflective story about one woman coming to terms with the demons of her past and finding a new path forward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEscaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCan you ever truly wash away your past?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51716058054887,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/81zVDQbbLrL._AC_UY218.jpg?v=1768343795","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/water-hc","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}