From the award-winning Linda Grant, a vibrant imagining of the tumultuous world of early twentieth-century Europe through the eyes of Mina, a young girl whose adventures begin in a deep dark forest. 'Epic, magnificent, beautiful. A perfect work of art and craft and such a good story...
I felt I was living it. I couldn't put it down' Philippa Perry'Magnificent... flawless writing, wonderfully flawed characters, its epic sweep combined with a warm immediacy...
I'm in awe, I'm charmed, and I want to press a copy on everyone I know' Nigella Lawson'What an amazing novel... Vivid storytelling with complex and colourful characters... spectacular' David MorrisseyIt's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds.
It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life. The adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, The Story of the Forest is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive.
It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.
I felt I was living it. I couldn't put it down' Philippa Perry'Magnificent... flawless writing, wonderfully flawed characters, its epic sweep combined with a warm immediacy...
I'm in awe, I'm charmed, and I want to press a copy on everyone I know' Nigella Lawson'What an amazing novel... Vivid storytelling with complex and colourful characters... spectacular' David MorrisseyIt's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds.
It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life. The adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, The Story of the Forest is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive.
It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.
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- Authors:
- Grant, Linda
- Year Published:
- 2023
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9780349014104
- Number of Pages:
- 288
- Publication Date:
- 11/05/2023
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group
- SKU:
- 9780349014104