{"product_id":"land","title":"Land","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMaggie O'Farrell | Paperback | June 2026 \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-330cd4a9=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-b8f0e8fe=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-e0819252=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-5e50dbe2=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn epic portrait of a family navigating the legacy of Ireland's Great Hunger, \u003ci\u003eLand \u003c\/i\u003eis Maggie O'Farrell at her spellbinding, inimitable best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOn a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomas and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomas, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomas is sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and those of his family, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomas and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping, and get them both home?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLand \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e-----------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMaggie O'Farrell is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize. She is also the author of three books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO, THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK and WHEN THE STAMMER CAME TO STAY. She lives in Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50689578926247,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/9781472289094_d41810b6-dde7-461f-b83e-81e7fc49680e.jpg?v=1780466153","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/products\/land","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}