{"product_id":"hope-farm","title":"Hope Farm","description":"\u003ci\u003e'They were inescapable, the tensions of the adult world - the fraught and febrile aura that surrounded Ishtar and those in her orbit, that whined and creaked like a wire pulled too tight.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is the winter of 1985. Hope Farm sticks out of the ragged landscape like a decaying tooth, its weatherboard walls sagging into the undergrowth. Silver's mother, Ishtar, has fallen for the charismatic Miller, and the three of them have moved to the rural hippie commune to make a new start.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At Hope, Silver finds unexpected friendship and, at last, a place to call home. But it is also here that, at just thirteen, she is thrust into an unrelenting adult world - and the walls begin to come tumbling down, with deadly consequences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHope Farm\u003c\/i\u003e is a devastatingly beautiful story about the broken bonds of childhood, and the enduring cost of holding back the truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Completely absorbing. \u003ci\u003eHope Farm\u003c\/i\u003e is elegant, tender, and very wise.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Chris Womersley, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBereft\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCairo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Absorbing ... A beautifully-told story of courage and survival, \u003ci\u003eHope Farm\u003c\/i\u003e is about growing up, belonging, and long-kept secrets.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Carys Bray, author of \u003ci\u003eA Song for Issy Bradley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Peggy Frew's novel, \u003ci\u003eHope Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, tells an original tale, drawing into the body of Australian literary fiction, a world between the cracks. Peggy's voice is contemporary, her observations sharp and sensitive. \u003ci\u003eHope Farm\u003c\/i\u003e describes the cycle of loss and damage when there are no boundaries to protect us.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-Sofie Laguna, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e, 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mothers and daughters, Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scribe Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781925106572\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Frew, Peggy","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £9.89","offer_id":48035245064369,"sku":"SB-1925106578-C3","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1925106578.jpg?v=1792026266","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/hope-farm","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}