{"product_id":"the-sealwomans-gift","title":"The Sealwoman's Gift","description":"\u003cp\u003e'REMARKABLE' Sarah Perry | 'EXTRAORDINARILY IMMERSIVE' Guardian | 'EPIC' Zoe Ball Book Club | 'A REALLY, REALLY GOOD READ' BBC R2 Book Club' | 'LYRICAL' Stylist | 'POETIC' Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, and their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor's wife, as she faces her losses with the one thing left to her - the stories from home - and forges an ambiguous bond with the man who bought her. Uplifting, moving, and sharply witty, The Sealwoman's Giftspeaks across centuries and oceans about loss, love, resilience and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN | THE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD | THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE | THE PAUL TORDAY MEMORIAL PRIZE | THE WAVERTON GOOD READ AWARD | A ZOE BALL ITV BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sally Magnusson has taken an amazing true event and created a brilliant first novel. It's an epic journey in every sense: although it's historical, it's incredibly relevant to our world today. We had to pick it' Zoe Ball Book Club\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Richly imagined and energetically told' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e'The best sort of historical novel' Scotsman\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling ' Good Housekeeping\u003cbr\u003e'An accomplished and intelligent novel' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, author of Why Did You Lie?\u003cbr\u003e'Vivid and compelling' Adam Nichols, co-translator of The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe \u0026 Sign","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57480019345673,"sku":"9781473638983","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/0845\/7481\/files\/9781473638983.jpg?v=1792760710","url":"https:\/\/scribe-sign.com\/products\/the-sealwomans-gift","provider":"Scribe \u0026 Sign","version":"1.0","type":"link"}