{"product_id":"the-bloody-branch-by-brigid-lowe","title":"The Bloody Branch by Brigid Lowe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMan is cruel but the flowers will take their revenge.\u003c\/i\u003e A gorgeously dark and magical novel inspired by three Celtic heroines.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Darkness is falling across the land. All that stands against it are three determined women: slave queen Goewin, the reclusive sorceress Arianrhod, and Blodeuwedd, a woman conjured from flowers. Can they unite against the deadly force who threatens them all?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The sadistic ambition of the magician Gwydion wreaks havoc across the forests, cliffs and fields of the kingdom. With the earth itself at stake, Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd must unleash their most uncanny powers to challenge him.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this vital and visceral novel, Brigid Lowe casts ancient light on desire, sex and our relationship with nature to bring these Celtic heroines to explosive, sensuous, blossoming new life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e of poetic reimagining, woven into an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound.' \u003cb\u003eBarbara Erskine, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A rich, visceral fever dream unafraid to take you to \u003cb\u003ethe darkest corners of myth and magic\u003c\/b\u003e... Lowe deftly peels back the layers of this archetypal landscape, which modern readers will find both familiar and deeply strange.' \u003cb\u003eLucy Holland, author of \u003ci\u003eSistersong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eI adored everything about \u003ci\u003eThe Bloody Branch\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e I revelled in the absolutely exquisite prose - pure poetry - and \u003cb\u003eits intensely atmospheric world shimmering with folklore and magic\u003c\/b\u003e. . . this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell.' \u003cb\u003eEmma van Straaten, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Immaculate Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781787305267\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43015478018111,"sku":null,"price":31.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/9581713482824.jpg?v=1773741007","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/the-bloody-branch-by-brigid-lowe","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}