{"product_id":"water-by-john-boyne","title":"Water by John Boyne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom internationally 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\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cb\u003e___________ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for John Boyne \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A master storyteller'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the best novelists of Ireland' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Boyne offers writing of insight and beauty'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' \u003c\/b\u003eColum McCann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780857529817\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43016174207039,"sku":null,"price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/8223703482493.jpg?v=1773746376","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/water-by-john-boyne","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}